Hearing & Understanding Flashcards
Startles to loud sounds (startle reflex)
0 - 3 months
Quiets or smiles (soothed) by soft sounds
0 - 3 months
Seems to recognize your voice / quiets if crying
0 - 3 months
Turns head when you speak
Around 3 months
Moves eyes in the direction of sounds
4 - 6 months
Responds appropriately to changes in tone of voice
4 - 6 months
Notices toys that make sounds
4 - 6 months
Pays attention to music
4 - 6 months
Responds to his/her name
By 6 months
Responds to human voices w/out visual cues by turning his/her head and eyes
By 6 months
Turns and looks in the direction of sounds
7 months - 1 year
Looks when you point
7 months - 1 year
Turns when you call his/her name
7 months - 1 year
Understands words for common items and people - words like “cup, truck, juice, and daddy.”
7 months - 1 year
Starts to respond to simple words & phrases, like “No,” “Come here,” and “Want more?”
7 months - 1 year
Plays games with you like peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake
7 months - 1 year
Listens to songs and stories for a short time
7 months - 1 year
Understands simple instructions, especially if given vocal or physical cues
7 months - 1 year
Is aware of the social value of speech
7 months - 1 year
Points to a few body parts when you ask
1 - 2 years
Follows 1-part directions, like “Roll the ball” or “Kiss the baby.”
1 - 2 years
Responds to simple questions, like “Who’s that?” or “Where’s your shoe?”
1 - 2 years
Listens to simple stories, songs, and rhymes
1 - 2 years
Points to pictures in a book when you name them
1 - 2 years [Points to named pictures 12-18 months: Cognition; pats pictures in books 1 year: Physical Motor]
Able to follow simple commands
By 18 months
Responds to such commands as “show me your eyes, nose, mouth, hair”
By 24 months
Understands opposites, like go-stop, big-little, and up-down
2 - 3 years
Follows 2-part directions, like “Get the spoon and put it on the table”
2 - 3 years
Understands new words quickly
2 - 3 years
Knows chief parts of the body and should be able to indicate these if unable to name them
By 36 months
Understands most simple questions related to his/her environment and activities
By 36 months
Relates his/her experiences so that they can be followed with reason
By 36 months
Able to reason out questions as “what must you do when you are sleepy, hungry, cold, or thirsty?”
By 36 months
Responds when you call from another room
3 - 4 years
Understands words for some colors, like “red”, “blue,” and “green”
3 - 4 years
Understands words for some shapes, like “circle” and “square”
3 - 4 years
Understands words for family, like “brother,” “grandmother,” and “aunt”
3 - 4 years
Understands words for order, like “first”, “next,” and “last”
4 - 5 years
Understands words for time, like “yesterday,” “today,” and “tomorrow”
4 - 5 years
Follows longer directions like “put your pajamas on, brush your teeth, and the pick out a book”
4 - 5 years
Follows classroom directions, like “Draw a circle on your paper around something you eat.”
4 - 5 years
Hears and understands most of what she/he hears at home and in school
4 - 5 years
