Early Childhood Language Acquisition

By kailey.toler@gmail.com

  • Birth

  • 2 month milestone

    cooing & making pleasant vowel sounds

  • 4 month milestone

    interested in caregivers actions

  • 6 month milestone

    babbling & repeating syllables
  • Period: to

    8-12 months

    baby actively participates in turn-taking games;
    show & point to influence others ;
    become more accurate at establishing joint attention with caregiver

  • 12 month milestone

    babbling includes language sound patterns ;
    say first word;
    speed and accuracy of word comprehension increases
  • Period: to

    18-24 month milestones

    spoken words go from 50 to 200 words;
    2 word sentences - telegraphic speech