Shows different responses to different family members
Coos to caregivers
7-12 Months
Responds to “Come here baby!”
Becomes more outgoing with familiar people
Shows anxiety when separated from favorite caregiver
Likes to be with specific people
Uses speech sounds to get attention
Listens when spoken to
Says 1-3 words
Uses nouns almost exclusively
Understands simple commands
7-12 Months
Responds to “Come here baby!”
Becomes more outgoing with familiar people
Shows anxiety when separated from favorite caregiver
Likes to be with specific people
Uses speech sounds to get attention
Listens when spoken to
Says 1-3 words
Uses nouns almost exclusively
Understands simple commands
12-18 Months
Follows simple directions, especially with gestures
Practices intonation, sometimes imitating an adult
Is aware of the value of communication
Uses much, meaningful jargon with inflection and emotion
Has an expressive vocabulary of 5-20 words
Produces 2-word phrases
Most speech is unintelligible
Combines gestures and vocalizations
Requests more of desired items
18-24 Months
Names common objects
Uses 2-3 or more prepositions like “in” or “under”
Uses noun + verb consistently
Listener understands 2/3 of what child says
Understands 300 words or more
Uses 100-200 words reliably
Rhythm and fluency of speech is poot
Confuses “I” and “Me”
Poor control of pitch and volume
Follows commands such as “show me your nose”
Adding more words
Knows 5 body parts
Enjoys listening to stories
Answers “what’s that” questions
18-24 Months
Names common objects
Uses 2-3 or more prepositions like “in” or “under”
Uses noun + verb consistently
Listener understands 2/3 of what child says
Understands 300 words or more
Uses 100-200 words reliably
Rhythm and fluency of speech is poot
Confuses “I” and “Me”
Poor control of pitch and volume
Follows commands such as “show me your nose”
Adding more words
Knows 5 body parts
Enjoys listening to stories
Answers “what’s that” questions
25-36 Months
Uses 3-4 word sentences
Speech is 50-70% intelligible to strangers
Understands 500-900 words
Says 50-250 or more words
Beginds to use plurals and past tense
Asks 1-2 word questions
Requests items by name
Uses vowels correctly
Responds to some yes and no questions
Knows main body parts
Verbs begin to emerge
Able to explain Experiences
3-4 Years
Understands more than is able to express
Identifies animals
Begins to identify colors
Enjoys pretend play schemes
Imitates many words, phrases, sounds
Understands contrasts
Uses at least four prepositions
Speech is 80% intelligible to strangers
Understands 1200-2000 words
Says 800-1500 or more words
Uses 4-5 words in sentences
Uses pronouns (him, her, she they)
Tells two events in chronological order
Engages in meaningful and long conversation
3-4 Years
Understands more than is able to express
Identifies animals
Begins to identify colors
Enjoys pretend play schemes
Imitates many words, phrases, sounds
Understands contrasts
Uses at least four prepositions
Speech is 80% intelligible to strangers
Understands 1200-2000 words
Says 800-1500 or more words
Uses 4-5 words in sentences
Uses pronouns (him, her, she they)
Tells two events in chronological order
Engages in meaningful and long conversation
4-5 Years
Can repeat sentences as long as 9 words
All speech should be intelligible, but some articulation errors may be present
Able to count to 10
Knows opposites
Can follow 3-step commands without help
Understands simple time concepts
Uses adjectives and adverbs in conversations
Talks extensively during play
Can repeat 4 syllable words
Able to define common words
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