Speech and Language

Question 1

Alerts to sound

Answer 1

1mo

Question 2

Smiles socially (after being stroked or talked to)

Answer 2

2mo

Question 3

Coos (produces long vowel sounds in musical fashion)

Answer 3

3mo

Question 4

Laughs, orients to voice

Answer 4

4mo

Question 5

Babbles, ah-goo, razz, lateral orientation to bell

Answer 5

6mo

Question 6

Says “mama, dada’ indiscriminately, gestures, waves bye-bye, understands “no”

Answer 6

9mo

Question 7

Uses two words other than “mama, dada” or proper nouns, jargoning (runs several unintelligible words together with tone or inflection), one-step command with gesture

Answer 7

12mo

Question 8

Uses 4-6 words, follows one-step command without gesture

Answer 8

15mo

Question 9

Mature jargoning (includes intelligible words), 7-10 word vocabulary, knows 5 body parts

Answer 9

18mo

Question 10

Uses pronouns (I, you, me) inappropriately, follows two-step commands, 50-word vocabulary, uses 2-word sentences

Answer 10

24mo

Question 11

Uses minimum of 250 words, 3-word sentences, uses plurals, knows all pronouns, repeats two digits

Answer 11

3yo

Question 12

Knows colors, says song or poem from memory, asks questions

Answer 12

4yo

Question 13

Prints first name, asks what a word means

Answer 13

5yo

Question 14

Looks at pictures in book, pats pictures

Answer 14

6-12mo

Question 15

Points to pictures with a single finger, points to specific items on page, gives book to adult

Answer 15

12-18mo

Question 16

Repeats and retells parts of known stories

Answer 16

18-24mo

Question 17

Looks at favorite books on own, repeats and retells whole phrases and stories, associates pictures with text of story

Answer 17

24-36mo

Question 18

Growing attention span, recites favorite stories, begins to identify single letters

Answer 18

3yo

Question 19

Uses past tense and plurals, answers “what will happen next”

Answer 19

> 4yo