Language Development

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    Prenatal development - 2 years of age

  • The baby can hear the mother's voice

    Prenatal 5 months

  • Baby is born!

  • Baby starts to coo & turns toward sound

    2 Months old Cooing- making vowel-like noises

  • Baby begins babbling

    4 Months babbling- repeating consonant-vowel combinations in long strides "mamamama" or "babababababa"

  • Begins to say consonents sounds

    6 Months old

  • Copies different sounds, understands 'no'

    9 Months old

  • Responds to simple requests, tries to imitate the words you say, can say mama and dada, shakes head, waves hello/goodbye

    1 year old!

  • Can speak several words, shakes heads and uses gestures to communicate

    1 year and a half!

  • Says sentences with 2-4 words, can understand simple directions

    2 years old!
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    2 years old- 5 years old

  • Follows instructions in 2-3 steps, understands words like "in" "on", uses pronouns

    3 years old! Follows instructions in 2-3 steps, understands words like "in" "on", uses pronouns

  • Tells stories, can sing song/poem from memory

    4 years old!

  • Speaks clearly, Tells story using full sentences, uses future tense

    5 years old!
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    6 years old- 12 years old

    Speech is auidible
    Can speak in complex sentences
    Uses descriptive language
    Can hold long conversations