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Ages 2-3: 450-word vocabulary (body parts, few colors); repeat new words; describe what you are doing
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Use stories as springboard for conversations
Identify and build on strengths from child's family
Use family history, stories, skills, songs/poems
Give families activities to do to promote language/reading -
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Repeat new words, describe what you are doing
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Ages 3-4: 1,000 words; tell stories; 5-word sentences
Ages 4-5: 1,500 words; colors, shapes; ask "why", "who"
Ages 5-6: 10,000 words; 6-word sentences; define object by its' use; know address; use all sentence types -
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Help children tell stories, play with other children
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Help sort objects, make up stories, talk about interests
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Most sounds and pronunciations are mastered by age 5
School Support: playing with sounds like in Dr. Seuss books -
Being able to understand one's own use of language
Develops around age 5
Explicit understanding of how language works -
Learning two languages before age 5 uses mostly left hemisphere of brain for both languages
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Sing songs, rhymes; talk with them as you would an adult; listen, show pleasure when child talks to you
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Expressive vocabulary: words used in speaking - 2,600 by age 6
Receptive vocabulary: words understood when others speak - about 20,000 by age 6
