Comprehension - Answering Questions

Question 1

0 - 3 months

Answer 1

• Attends to voice- turns head towards voice.

Question 2

1 - 1.5 years

Answer 2

• Answers “What’s this?”

Question 3

1.5 - 2 years

Answer 3

• Responds approximately to yes/no questions (head shake)

Question 4

2 - 2.5 years

Answer 4

• Answers “where” questions
• Answers “what doing” questions
• Answers “what do you hear with?’

Question 5

2.5 - 3 years

Answer 5

• Answers 6-7 agent/action questions (what runs?)
• Answers simple “who, why, where, how many” questions (3 years)
• Answers one of three questions (what do you do when you’re hungry, sleepy or cold?”
• Yes/no questions emerging (is he sleeping?)

Question 6

3 - 3.5 years

Answer 6

• Responds appropriately to simple “how” questions.
• Can answer 2-3 questions (what do you do when you’re hungry, sleepy or cold?”

Question 7

3.5 - 4 years

Answer 7

• Answers approximately 13 agent/action questions
• Answers (responds appropriately) to “how much” and “how long” (length of time questions)- not necessarily correctly.
• Can answer 3 of 3 questions (what do you do when you’re hungry, sleepy or cold?”
• Appropriately answers “what if” questions (what would you do if you fell down?)

Question 8

4 - 4.5 years

Answer 8

• Answers approximately 14 agent/action questions
• Responds appropriately- not necessarily correctly to “how far” questions.

Question 9

4.5 - 5 years

Answer 9

• Answers two complex comprehension questions.
• Answers simple “when” questions (when do you sleep?)
• Answers approximately 15 agent/action questions
• Responds appropriately to “how often, how long” questions.

Question 10

5 - 6 years

Answer 10

• Can answer “what happens if” questions
• Can answer questions related to similarities and differences
• Can answer complex “why” and prediction questions