3MONTHS
– Responds to adult interactions
– Seeks to make eye contact with adults
– Begins to “coo” and “gurgle”
– Vocalizes to adult’s smile and talk
– Responds to stimulation in and around the mouth
6MONTHS
– Responds to sounds other than voices
– Recognizes own name
– Begins to babble consonant-vowel combinations
– Takes turns vocalizing
– Vocalizations sound more “speech like” (babbling becomes more complex with practice)
– Eats pureed foods from a small spoon
– Holds a bottle independently
9MONTHS
– Gives objects upon request
– Understands simple questions (“Want up?”)
– Looks at pictures in a book
– Much more complex vocalizations (sounds like a conversation)
– Begins to say a few words
– Cleans spoon with his/her upper lip
– Begins to self-feed using fingers
– Begins eating soft table foods
12MONTHS
– Identifies objects in the environment
– Follows one-step directions
– Says more words spontaneously
– Imitates new words
– Uses toys and objects functionally (pushes a toy, attempts to brush own hair)
– Drinks through a straw
– Bites through crunchy cookies and crackers
18MONTHS
– Produces at least fifteen words
– Uses consonants such as t, d, n, and h
– Understands 50 words
– Pretends with toys (pretends to feed a doll using a block for food)
– Moves food in his/her mouth from side to side as they chew
– Drinks out of open cup
24MONTHS
– Produces at least 50 words
– Uses two-word phrases frequently
– Follows a two-step related command (“pick up the ball and roll it to me.”)
– Pretends in two-step sequences (pretends to give a doll a drink & wipe its mouth)
– Feeds him/herself using a spoon
36MONTHS
– Produces at least 500 words
– Answers “wh” questions (“what did you eat for lunch?)
– Begins to use grammatical forms (plurals, past-tense verbs, pronouns)
– Produces all speech sounds correctly except s, z, sh, ch, j, th, l, and r
– 80% understandable
– Consumes a variety of liquids and solids
4YEARS
– Follows multi-part directions
– Begins to play rhyming games (“what rhymes with bat?)
– Can tell about experiences in the correct sequence
– Produces all speech sounds correctly except r and “th” – 100% understandable
– Eating advanced textures with minimal supervision from caregiver
5YEARS
– Has a minimum expressive vocabulary of 1500 words
– Can tell a story (includes a beginning, middle, and end)
– Defines objects by their use and can talk about their features (size, shape, composition)
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