Stages of Development Flashcards
What is the vegetative stage?
Burping, crying, coughing, sucking, crying
0-4 months.
What is the Cooing stage?
grunts/sighs, vowel-like ‘coos’, laughter starts at this stage- pitch and volume.
4-7 months
What is the Babbling stage?
sounds linked to own language, reduplicated words= mama
6-12 months
What is the Proto-word stage?
word-like vocalisations, 12 months=50 words
What is the Holophrastic stage?
one word utterances
12-18 months.
What is the Two word stage?
two words combined to create simple syntactical structures.
24 months= 200 words.
18-24 months.
What is the Telegraphic stage?
Three or more words combined to create complex and accurate orders, 36 months=2,000 words.
24-36 months.
What is the Post-telegraphic stage?
Increased awareness of grammatical rules and irregularities.
36 months+
