Varghese, Gladis (Speech Therapist)
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Speech and Language Milestones
Speech & Language Milestones
All Children develop at different rates. However, the following are GENERAL guidelines that children typically reach by the age noted.
A one year old infant typically:
- Enjoys participating in social games such as peek-a-boo and pat-cake
- Recognizes words for common objects
- Listens when spoken to
- Turns towards 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" to "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 vowel sounds
- Points to pictures when describes
- Follows 2-step commands ("Get the ball and throw it")
- Understands basic questions ("where's your hat?"
- Asks 1-2 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 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 three step related directions ("get the crayon, come to the table and color")
- Uses 3 word 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 a friend's house
- Uses sentences that, on the average, have four to five words
- Enjoys playing imaginative play