Developmental milestones: Speech & Language

Question 1

Newborn speech & language

Answer 1

Cry
State-dependent quieting & head turning to rattle or voice

Question 2

4 months speech & language

Answer 2

Turns to voice and bell consistently
Laughs, squeals
Responsive vocalization
Blows bubbles, raspberries

Question 3

7 months speech & language

Answer 3

Uses single-words & double-consonant
vowel combinations

Question 4

10 months speech & language

Answer 4

Shouts for attention
Imitates sounds
Waves bye-bye
Uses “mama” & “dada” with meaning
Inhibits behavior to “no”

Question 5

14 months speech & language

Answer 5

Uses single words
Understands simple commands

Question 6

18 months speech & language

Answer 6

Points to named body part
Identifies one picture
Says “no”
Jargons

Question 7

2 yrs speech & language

Answer 7

Two-word phrases are common
Uses verbs
Refers to self by name
Uses “me”, “mine”
Follows simple directions

Question 8

3 yrs speech & language

Answer 8

Three-word sentences are usual
Uses future tense
Asks what, who, where
Follows prepositional commands
Gives full name
May stutter in eagerness
Identifies self as boy or girl
Recognizes three colors

Question 9

4 yrs speech & language

Answer 9

Gives connected account of recent experiences
Questions why, when, how
Uses past tense, adjective, adverbs
Knows opposite analogies
Repeats four `digits

Question 10

5 yrs speech & language

Answer 10

Fluent speech
Misarticulations of some sounds may persist
Gives name, address, age
Defines concrete nouns by composition, classification, or use
Follows three-part commands
Has number concepts to 10

Question 11

6 yrs speech & language

Answer 11

Shows mastery of grammar
Uses proper articulation