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Charlie is born!!
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0 months-12months
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Charlie often talks about the environment around him; on his birthday trip to the zoo, Charlie says, “That kangaroo has a baby”
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Charlie fusses and cries when he is hungry, tired, wet, etc.
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Charlie looks toward the sound of his mother's voice.
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Charlie holds and inspects new toys.
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Charlie responds using vowel-like sounds when his mother talks to him.
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Charlie looks at people's faces when they are talking to him.
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Charlie begins responding to family members and caregivers using marginal babbling. He also varies the intensity and pitch of his voice.
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Charlie turns his head in when his name is called.
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Charlie starts using reduplicated babbling
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Charlie enjoys playing peek-a-boo with family members.
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Charlie interacts with toys that his mother shows him.
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Charlie begins to use variegated babbling.
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Charlie enjoys searching for objects that his father hides under a blanket.
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Charlie begins using jargon to "communicate" with family and caregivers.
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Charlie points at things that he wants (his bottle, a toy, his mother, etc.)
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Charlie points at things to draw attention to them (e.g. a dog walking outside).
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Turns 1!
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Charlie says his first word ("mama") when his mother came into his room to wake him up from his nap.
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Uses line of regard, gestures, voice direction, and body posture to infer intentions underlying other people’s actions
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Many of the words Charlie produces are labels for objects and people around him.
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13 mo - 36mo
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Charlie points to objects in response to questions like "Where is your bottle?" and "Can you find the ball?".
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Charlie babbles, but only a few words can be understood. This includes his first true word, Mama, and Dada, and doggie.
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Most of Charlie's "words" are gibberish that cannot be understood. Some of the words that he produces most often can be understood though. This includes ball, water, and bite.
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Charlie understand that only one person is supposed to speak at a time
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Charlie has learned the word "no," and it seems like this is his favorite word to use, because he uses it frequently.
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Charlie is able to say things that are most important to him (his favorite toys, drinks, and some food)
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Charlie is able to say toy and point to it in order to ask for his toys. He is able to do the same with any of the things he wants
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Charlie is starting to use variation with his words. This includes using the use of the present progressive -ing.
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Charlie is able to use some colors to describe toys when asked
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Charlie's lexicon increases all the time. Now, he is able to identify things around him, including a few colors.
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Charlie's speech is becoming more and more developed. He combines words to create contractions in the correct context. His sentences are more complex as well.
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Charlie turns 2
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Comprehends approx. 500 words only produces 200 words
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Charlie is able to ask questions, can inform his parents about his favorite objects
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Charlie realizes that people's voices raise when they ask questions, and he is starting to imitate this in his questions as well.
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Charlie's speech is developing rapidly. He is starting to combine words and use prepositions, plural and possessive morphemes, and some irregular verbs. He says things like, "Mommy's cup," and "on table."
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Charlie thinks all vehicles with 4 wheels are trucks and most animals are dogs
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Charlie always wants to talk about his favorite toy truck and is able to change every topic to include his truck
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When Charlie speaks, he sometimes omits the final consonant of words. An example of this is saying "ca" for cat.
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Charlie is producing more and more complex words. Now he says words such as playing, barking, or crying.
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Charlie is beginning to ask simple questions like, "What that?"
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Charlie begins asking, "What?" more frequently and can answer questions
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At this point, most of the words Charlie says can be understood. He has stopped using most of the common phonological processes that he had been using earlier.
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Charlie turns 3
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3yr-5yr
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Charlie begins to use multiple four to five word sentences during conversations and narratives
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While taking a walk through the park, Charlie saw a dog and says “It’s a dog and he running”
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Charlie describes and sorts his stuffed animals into groups such as "big" and "little"
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Charlie uses sentences like "I like dinosaurs and he likes spaceships"
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Charlie's friend was offended after Charlie called him silly until Charlie recognized the misunderstanding and told his friend he likes being silly.
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Charlie uses words such as "tonight" and "yesterday" when talking about events
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Charlie learns that his cousin is in fact his cousin and not just his friend and learns that his grandma is his mom’s mom
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Charlie consistently adds -ed to the end of his verbs including "played" and "danced"
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Charlie uses contractions such as “can’t”, “don’t”, and “didn’t” consistently
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Charlie infers that "shiny" is an adjective used to describe objects when he hears his mother describe her jewelry and the silverware in the kitchen as shiny.
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Charlie visited his cousins house and he saw his cousin playing his trumpet, now Charlie calls all brass instruments a trumpet
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Charlie turns 4!
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Charlie was so excited to tell his teacher about what he did for his birthday party
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Charlie’s mom noticed he is no longer saying “airpane” or “pider” and is now saying “airplane” and “spider” consistently
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Charlie says things like "I'm going swimming" or "the doggy is hungry"
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Charlie begins to say things like "she hurt herself" or " the bunny is all by itself"
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Charlie is extremely inquisitive and asks questions like “what did she say? What does this button do? What do you do here?”
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Charlie now correctly uses “people,” “sheep,” and “teeth” instead of trying to add an ‘s’ on the end to make them plural
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Charlie still engages in some liquid gliding when using /r/ and /l/ e.g. saying "wun" instead of "run"
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When Charlie heard his grandparents were on their way to his house he shouted "I think they're almost here!"
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Charlie now recognizes letters from his own name and can identify them in other words
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Charlie points to a window and says "The wind is blowing my drawings around" to imply he wants the window closed
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Charlie turns 5!
