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Age of Child

Typical Language Development

Vocalization with intonation

Responds to his name

Responds to human voices without visual cues by turning his head and eyes

Months

Responds appropriately to friendly and angry tones

Uses one or more words with meaning (this may be a fragment of a word)

Understands simple instructions, especially if vocal or physical cues are given

Practices inflection

Months

Is aware of the social value of speech

Has vocabulary of approximately 5-20 words

Vocabulary made up chiefly of nouns

Some echolalia (repeating a word or phrase over and over)

Months

Much jargon with emotional content

Is able to follow simple commands

Can name a number of objects common to his surroundings

Is able to use at least two prepositions, usually chosen from the following: in, on, under

Combines words into a short sentence-largely noun-verb combinations (mean) length of sentences is given as 1.2

words

Approximately 2/3 of what child says should be intelligible

Vocabulary of approximately 150-300 words

Months

Rhythm and fluency often poor

Volume and pitch of voice not yet well-controlled

Can use two pronouns correctly: I, me, you, although me and I are often confused

My and mine are beginning to emerge

Responds to such commands as "show me your eyes (nose, mouth, hair)"

Use pronouns I, you, me correctly

Is using some plurals and past tenses

Knows at least three prepositions, usually in, on, under

Knows chief parts of body and should be able to indicate these if not name

Months

Handles three word sentences easily

Has in the neighborhood of 900-1000 words

About 90% of what child says should be intelligible

Verbs begin to predominate

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