Major Events in Language Learning

  • Before birth

    Infants are sensitive to sound in utero, and can also be receptive to the language of their mother while developing in the womb.
  • 6 months of age

    Infants begin to add babbling and consonant sounds to their cooing along with repeated syllables.
  • 4 months of age

    Infants begin to observe with interest to their care giver about certain games, activities, or engaging other interests with them
  • 8-12 months of age

    infants become more accurate at establishing joint attention with the caregiver. infants begin using pre-verbal gestures
  • 18-24 months of age

    The infants vocabulary expand from around 50 to 250 words. Sometimes toddlers combine words into 2 words
  • 3-4 years old

    Children begin using sentences with 4 to 6 words. They start asking questions, giving directions, or sometimes talk to themselves or their toys
  • 8-9 years old

    Children start to do more reading and understanding fractions, doing a bit more drawing and painting, and can name months in order for an example