Lang Dev Flashcards
Responds to the sound of bell or rattle
o Prefers patterns
o Eyes follow a moving person
o Visually prefers people to objects; recognizes mother
o Associates behaviours and people
o Repeats action for own sake
o Vocalizes at mirror image
o Turns head to look for fallen objects
o Lengthy inspection of objects in the environment
Birth to 6 months
Reaches, inspects, and attends to objects and others
o Imitation begins
o Responds to name
o Waves bye-bye
o Deliberate choice of toy
o Responds to “no-no”
o Simple problem-solving: pulls bell to ring
o Looks at pictures in books
o Object permanence present
6 12 months
Imitates putting objects in a box
o Labels one object
o Follows one-step directions (i.e. follow simple commands)
o Points to three body parts (hair, eyes, nose)
o Identifies pictures in a book
o Points to parts of doll on request
o Discriminates two common objects (cup, box)
12 months
Joins in nursery rhymes and songs/ listens to musical instruments
o Matches familiar objects & gives the use of an object
o Responds correctly to two or three commands
o Shows and gives names for hair, hands, feet, nose, eyes, mouth, shoes
o Associates the use with objects
o Enjoys simple stories read from book
o Recognizes self in photos o Repeats two digits
2yrs
Can point to the tongue, neck, arm, knee, thumb
o Tells action in pictures & tells simple story
o Knows concept of two, three
o Puts together multi-piece puzzle
o Comprehends past and present
o Comprehends three prepositions: on top of, under, and inside
o Knows concepts: big/little, fast/slow, up/down
3yrs
Follows three-step command in proper order
o Can name materials objects are made of/ gives age
o Knows day and night
o Can tell pictorial similarities and differences
o Can make opposite analogies
o Matches and names four primary colors
o Defines the use of pencil, spoon, car
o Listens eagerly to stories
o Follows directions: on, under, in front of, behind
4yrs
Appreciates past, present, and future
o Can define six words/ knows some letters
o Gives home address, names, and ages of siblings
o Can judge weight
o Knows names of dime, penny, nickel
o Knows right from left
o Names palm, eyebrow, elbow, thumb
o Can count to 20
5yrs
Primary purpose of speech mechanism is for breathing
• Responds to other’s voice
• Babbling, coos, gurgles, sounds of contentment
• Mono-syllabic utterances (0—3 mo)
• Vocalizes pleasure/displeasure
• Reacts to sounds
• Smiles at mother’s voice
• Di-syllabic utterances (3-6 1-no)
Birth to 6 months
Motor responses accompany vocalizations
• Vocalizes attention-getting, socialisation
• Re-creation of sounds to recall a pleasurable situation or object
• Responds to human speech by smiling and vocalizing
• Distinguishes angry and pleasant sounds
• Beginning of imitation of parental utterances
• Single words emerging
• By 12 months, comprehends many nouns and verbs
• First words (dada, mama, bye-bye)
6 to 12 months
Receptive language greater than expressive language
• Beginning of primitive grammatical system
• Frequent repetition of words and syllables
• Use of nouns, few verbs, and some adult pronouns
• 20- to 100-word vocabulary
• Naming of objects in books
12 to 24 months
Rapid increase in language growth
• Demands response from others
• Two-word utterances—primitive grammar
• Inflections (i.e. S for pleural)—latter part of second year
• 250-word vocabulary
2yrs
Acquires adult syntax and grammar
• Is versatile in language use
• Can be controlled by language
• Laughs, sighs
• Uses normal loudness and tone
• 900-word vocabulary
• Use of language in imaginative play
• Self-centered explanations
3yrs
Questions other’s activity
• Girls exceed boys in linguistic ability at 4.5 y
• Imitation of parent’s intonation pattern
• Voice well-modulated and firm
• More complicated sentence structure
• Vocabulary continues to increase
4yrs
More sophisticated use and comprehension of language
• Increased speech in social interaction
• Vocabulary of 2000 words
5yrs
