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Language Development

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Coos   Birth to 6 months  
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vocalizes pleasure and displeasure sounds (laughs, giggles, cries, fusses)   Birth to 6 months  
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makes noise when talked to   Birth to 6 months  
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understands no-no   6-12 months  
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babbles   6-12 months  
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says ma-ma or da-da without meaning   6-12 months  
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tries to communicate by actions or gestures   6-12 months  
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tries to repeat your sounds   6-12 months  
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says first word   6-12 months  
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answers simple questions nonverbally   12-18 months  
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says two to three words to label a person or object   12-18 months  
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tries to imitate simple words   12-18 months  
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vocabulary of four to six words   12-18 months  
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correctly pronounces most vowels and n, m, p, h, especially in the beginning of syllables and short words - also begins to use other speech sounds   18-24 months  
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vocabulary of 50 words, pronunciation is often unclear   18-24 months  
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asks for common foods by name   18-24 months  
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makes animal sounds such as "moo"   18-24 months  
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starting to combine words such as "more milk"   18-24 months  
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begins to use pronouns such as "mine"   18-24 months  
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uses two-word phrases   18-24 months  
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knows some spatial concepts such as "in," "on"   2-3 years  
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knows pronouns such as "you" "me" "her"   2-3 years  
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knows descriptive words such as "big" "happy"   2-3 years  
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vocabulary of 250 to 900 words   2-3 years  
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uses three word sentences   2-3 years  
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speech is becoming more accurate but may still leave off ending sounds - strangers may not be able to understand much of what is said   2-3 years  
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answer simple questions   2-3 years  
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begins to use more pronouns such as "you" "I"   2-3 years  
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uses question inflection to ask for something such as "my ball?"   2-3 years  
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begins to use plurals such as "shoes" or "socks" and regular past tense verbs such as "jumped"   2-3 years  
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groups objects such as foods, clothes, etc.   3-4 years  
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identifies colors   3-4 years  
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uses most speech sounds but may distort some of the more difficult sounds such as l, r, s, sh, ch, y, v, z, th - these sounds may not be fully mastered until age 7 or 8   3-4 years  
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uses consonants in the beginning, middle, and end of words - some of the more difficult consonants may be distorted, but attempts to say them   3-4 years  
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strangers are able to understand much of what is said   3-4 years  
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able to describe the use of objects such as "fork" "car" etc.   3-4 years  
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has fun with language - enjoys poems and recognizes language absurdities such as, "is that an elephant on your head?"   3-4 years  
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expresses ideas and feelings rather than just talking about the world around him/her   3-4 years  
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uses verbs that end in "ing" such as walking and talking   3-4 years  
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answers simple questions such as "What do you do when you are hungry?"   3-4 years  
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repeats sentences   3-4 years  
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understands spatial concepts such as "behind" "next to"   4-5 years  
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understands complex questions   4-5 years  
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speech is understandable but makes mistakes pronouncing long, difficult, or complex words such as hippopotamus   4-5 years  
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vocabulary of about 1200 words   4-5 years  
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uses some irregular past tense verbs such as "ran" and "fell"   4-5 years  
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describes how to do things such as painting a picture   4-5 years  
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defines words   4-5 years  
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lists items that belong in a category such as animals, vehicles, etc.   4-5 years  
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answers "why" questions   4-5 years  
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understands more than 2000 words   5 years  
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understands time sequences (first, second, third)   5 years  
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carries out a series of three directions   5 years  
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understands rhyming   5 years  
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engages in conversation   5 years  
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sentences can be eight or more words in length   5 years  
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uses compound and complex sentences   5 years  
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describes objects   5 years  
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uses imagination to create stories   5 years  
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