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Expressive Language
Developmental Milestones help measure how your child communicates
either through gestures, vocalizations or words.
Age |
Milestone
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12 months |
Your child should use anywhere from one to three words. |
18 months |
Your child should repeat some overheard words and begin to
try to communicate with more words than gestures. |
2 years |
Your child should join words into phrases such as "more
ball" or "bye mama". |
2½ years |
Your child should begin to use short phrases 3-4 words in
length. |
3 years |
Your child should have a vocabulary of approximately 1000
words and be about 75% intelligible. |
3½ years |
Your child should be able to name pictures in a book, tell
how an object is used, and use posessives. |
4 years |
Your child should be about 95% intelligible, even to unfamiliar
listeners. |
4½ years |
Your child should be able to respond to "where"
questions and complete analogies. |
5½ years |
Your child should be able to repeat sentences, use adjectives
to describe objects, use past tense forms of verbs (-ed), and
describe similarities. |
6½ years |
Your child should be able to define words, rhyme words, and
repair grammatical errors. |
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Speech Developmental Milestones
are provided to demonstrate an age when particular speech sounds
should be mastered.
Age |
Milestone |
3 |
m, n, h, p, f, w, b, and d |
4 |
k, g, and t |
5 |
j and v |
6 |
ing, l, s, r, ch, z, th, and sh |
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Receptive Language Developmental Milestones help
measure what your child understands of comprehends
Age |
Milestone
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12 months |
Your child should recognize the names of simple, common objects,
familiar people, and action verbs. |
18 months |
Your child should understand new words each week, identify
pictures in a book, know a few major body parts, and identify
some common objects. |
2 years |
Your child should recgognize many common objects and pictures
when named. They should also be able to follow several simple
directions. |
3 years |
Your child should be able to listen to simple stories, follow
a two step command, and understand the concept of taking turns. |
4 years |
Your child should be able to correctly identify colors, understand
"more" and "most", and make inferences. |
5 years |
Your child should understand time concepts, understand qualitative
concepts, and understand "-er" as "one who does
something". |
6 years |
Your child should understand passive voice tense, identify
objects that don't belong, and be able to order pictures from
largest to smallest. |
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