Languge Development Flashcards
Coo
3 months
Smiles at people
3 months
Recognize your voice
3 months
Cries change for different needs
3 months
Vocalizes preasure and displeasure sounds differently
3 months
Babble and repeat sounds
6 months
Babble
6 months
Giggle and laughs
6 months
Makes gurgling sounds
6 months
Use own voice to express pleasure/displeasure
6 months
Notice and recognizes sounds
6 months
Imitate speech sounds
9 months
Imitate non-speech sounds
9 months
Imitate actions and gestures
9 months
Looks at objects when someone is talking about them
9 months
Recognizes own name
9 months
Babbles longer string of sounds
9 months
1-2 words
1 y/o
Uses signs or gestures
1 y/o
2-word Phrases
2 y/o
Uses gesture during pretend play
2 y/o
3-word phrases
3 y/o
Able to use some grammatical markers
3 y/o
Use other pronouns (i.e. I, it, me)
3 y/o
Uses 4 or more words
4 y/o
Uses present progressive, plural nouns, possessives, past tense verbs, 3rd singular verbs
4 y/o
4-5 words utterances
5 y/o
Grammatically correct sentences
5 y/o
Uses 5 words or longer in a sentence
6 y/o
Repeats sentences up to 9 words length
6 y/o
Uses of -er suffix
8 y/o
Increased proficiency in grammar
8 y/o
Uses passive sentences
9 y/o
Complexity of subordination increases
10 y/o
Adjectival and adverbial phrases increases
10 y/o
Because and when predominate sentences
12 y/o
If and then used frequently
12 y/o
Use of instrumental nonreversible passive sentences
12 y/o
2-6 expressive vocabulary
1 y/o
Says first words
1 y/o
Few familiar vocabulary
1 y/o
Recognizes words for common items
1 y/o
50 words of expressive vocabulary
18 months
Repeats words overheard in a conversation
18 months
Makes animal sounds
2 y/o
Protests with ‘no’
2 y/o
Spatial directions
2 y/o
200-300 words of expressive vocabulary
2 y/o
Understands pronouns
3 y/o
Uses plurals
3 y/o
Identifies colors
4 y/o
Groups objects
4 y/o
Expresses ideas/feelings rather than just talking about the world around them
4 y/o
Vocabulary of 2,200-2,500 words
5 y/o
Vocabulary of 2600-7000 words
6 y/o
Understands comparative and superlative adjectives
6 y/o
Undestand time concepts
6 y/o
Understand different, nearest, through, thin, whole
6 y/o
Identifies positional concepts (i.e. first, middle, last)
6 y/o
Understad adverbs of likelihood (possibly, probably, definitely)
9 y/o
Uses ‘much’ for plural mass nouns
10 y/o
Consistently correct comprehension of ‘because’ sentences
10 y/o
Uses more advanced auxillary verbs (might,could, should)
10 y/o
50,000 words vocabulary
11 y/o
Multiple word meanings acquired
11 y/o
Elements of conventional adult definition acquired
11 y/o
Full understanding of if, so, and because
12 y/o
Full understanding of most connectives
13 y/o
Answers simple questions non-verbally
1 y/o
Understands simple quiestions
18 mos
Uses intonation to ask yes/no questions
2 y/o
Uses some WH-questions
2 y/o
Asks more WH- questions (who, what, where, why)
3 y/o
Understands and asks how and why questions
4 y/o
Asks a variety of questions
5 y/o
Able to answer questions in school to further learning
5 y/o
Responds correctly to more types of sentences but still may be confused at times by more complex sentences
7 y/o
Comprehends words, requests, instructions, simple phrases
1 y/o
Follows simple commands
18 mos
Points to (something) familiar
18 mos