speech stages

Question 1

when and what is the vegetative stage?

Answer 1

at 0-4 months the child makes sounds of discomfort linked to their physical needs

Question 2

when and what is the cooing stage?

Answer 2

at 4-7 months the child makes sounds of comfort as well as vocal play using open mouthed sounds

Question 3

when and what is the babbling stage?

Answer 3

at 6-12 months the child uses repeated patterns of vowel and consonant sounds
e.g. baba, mama, dada

Question 4

when and what is the proto-word stage?

Answer 4

at 9-12 months the child makes particular sounds that have meaning
(mmm - give me that)

Question 5

when and what is the holophrastic/ one- word stage?

Answer 5

at 12-18 months a child says one word utterances

Question 6

when and what is the two-word stage?

Answer 6

at 18-24 months the child uses two word phrases or combinations (simple sentences)

Question 7

when and what is the telegraphic stage?

Answer 7

at 24-36 months the child uses three or more words combined (complex sentences - i’m going to the park)

Question 8

when and what is the post-telegraphic stage?

Answer 8

at 36+ months the child uses more grammatically complex language.