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    **All children develop at different rates.  However, the following are general guidelines that children typically reach by the age noted. 

    A one year old child typically...

    • Enjoys participating in social games such as peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake
    • Recognizes words for common objects
    • Listens when spoken to
    • Turns toward a speaker
    • Imitates different speech sounds
    • Makes sounds to call for attention
    • Uses gestures to communicate (waving to greet, holding arms to be picked up)
    • Follows simple 1-step directions ("Come here" or "Clap your hands")
    • Uses ten words ("baba" for bottle, "Mama"), although they may not be pronounced clearly
    • Responds to "Give me" while holding an object
    • Points to two action words
    • Imitates 3 animal sounds

    A two year old child typically...

    • Identifies a few body parts on themselves or others
    • Enjoys songs and rhymes
    • Attends to simple stories
    • Uses all vowels sounds
    • Points to pictures when describe
    • Follows 2-step commands ("Get the ball and throw it")
    • Understands basic questions ("Where's your hat?")
    • Asks 1-2 word questions ("Where kitty?" "Go bye-bye?" "What's that?")
    • Puts 2 words that represent different ideas together ("More Cookie," “Go out”, "No juice,")
    • Has about a 50 word vocabulary
    • Understands the concept of "one"
    • Uses own name to refer to self

    A three year old child typically...

    • Attends to stories for longer periods of time
    • Is understood by familiar listeners 75% of the time
    • Requests objects by naming them
    • Understands opposites ("go-stop," "in-on," "big-little," "up-down")
    • Follows 3-step related directions ("Get the crayon come to the table and color")
    • Uses 3 words phrases (on the average) to express wants and needs (i.e., "Baby eat apple")
    • Responds to and asks Wh- questions (i.e., who, what, where, when)
    • States his or her gender

    A four to five year old child typically...

    • Recalls events about activities at school or at friends' homes
    • Uses sentences that, on the average, have four words
    • Enjoys playing imaginative play