Birth to 5 months

• Coos
• Vocalizes pleasure & displeasure sounds differently ( laughs, giggles, cries, or fusses )
• Makes noise when talked béo

6 to 11 months

• Understands ” no-no ”
• Babbles ( says ” ba-ba-ba ” )
• Says ” ma-ma ” or ” da-da ” without meaning
• Tries mập communicate by actions or gestures
• Tries lớn repeat your sounds
• Says first địa cầu

12 to 17 months

• Answers simple questions nonverbally
• Says 2 phệ ba words phệ label a person or object ( pronunciation may not be clear )
• Tries lớn imitate simple words
• Vocabulary of four Khủng 6 words

18 to 23 months

• Vocabulary of 50 words, pronunciation is often unclear
• Asks for common foods by name
• Makes animal sounds, such as ” moo ”
• Starting lớn combine words, such as ” more milk ”
• Begins mập use pronouns, such as ” mine ”
• Uses 2 – địa cầu phrases

2 to 3 years

• Knows some spatial concepts, such as ” in ” or ” on ”
• Knows pronouns, such as ” you, ” ” me ” or ” her ”
• Knows descriptive words, such as ” big ” or ” happy ”
• Uses tam – trái đất sentences
• Speech is becoming more accurate, but may still leave off ending sounds. Strangers may not be able bự understand much of what is said .
• Answers simple questions
• Begins Khủng use more pronouns, such as ” you ” or ” I ”
• Uses question inflection lớn ask for something, such as ” my ball ? ”
• Begins béo use plurals, such as ” shoes ” or ” socks ” & regular past tense verbs, such as ” jumped ”

3 to 4 years

• Groups objects, such as foods or clothes
• Identifies colors
• Uses most speech sounds, but may distort some of the more difficult sounds, such as l, r, s, sh, ch, y, v, z, th. Thes e sounds may not be fully mastered until age 7 or tám .
• Uses consonants in the beginning, middle, & ends of words. Some of the more difficult consonants may be distorted, but attempts lớn say them
• Strangers are able lớn understand much of what is said
• Able lớn describe the use of objects, such as ” fork ” or ” oto ”
• Has fun with language ; enjoys poems & recognizes language absurdities, such as, ” Is that an elephant on your head ? ”
• Expresses ideas & feelings rather than just talking about the world around him or her
• Uses verbs that kết thúc in ” ing, ” such as ” walking ” or ” talking ”
• Answers simple questions, such as ” What bởi you bởi vì when you are hungry ? ”
• Repeats sentences

4 to 5 years

• Understands spatial concepts, such as ” behind ” or ” next Khủng ”
• Understands complex questions
• Speech is understandable, but makes mistakes pronouncing long, difficult, or complex words, such as ” hippopotamus ”
• Uses some irregular past tense verbs, such as ” ran ” or ” fell ”
• Describes how lớn bởi vì things, such as painting a picture
• Lists items that belong in a category, such as animals or vehicles
• Answers ” why ” questions

5 years

• Understands giây phút sequences ( for example, what happened first, second, or third )
• Carries out a series of ba directions
• Understands rhyming
• Engages in conversation
• Sentences can be tám or more words in length
• Uses compound và complex sentences
• Describes objects

• Uses imagination bự create stories