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What should my child be saying, and when?
A Zebra Speech Blog
What should my child be saying, and when?
June 21, 2015
by
Dr. Jasmine Urquhart Gillis
For Parents
Early Speech & Language Development Benchmarks
What sounds should I be hearing?
AGE
SPEECH
LANGUAGE
By 6 Months
Cooing, gurgling
Babbling "papapapa"
making noise when you are not in the room.
Localizes to sound
Understands some common single words (cup, spoon, blanket, etc.)
Recognizes different voices
By 12
Months
Begins to approximate single words e.g. "mama", "coocoo" with intention
Initiates sounds
Understands familiar words (e.g., "Juice")
Can respond to simple request or questions (e.g., "All Done?")
By 18
Months
Produces mostly unintelligible utterances
Omits final sounds of words e.g., "ha" for "hat"
Uses gestures with language.
Vocabulary of approximately 20 words
Identifies some body parts
By 24
Months
50% intelligible
Varies intonation to ask questions
Understands approx. 300 words; Expresses approx. 100 words
Combines 2 words e.g., "mamma eat"
By 3
Years
75% intelligible
Omits middle sounds of longer words
Can produce most sounds
Uses all initial and final consonants in words
May make sound substitutions
Understands 500-1000 words.
Can understand 2 step directions
Begins use ofva variety of grammatical forms (e.g. "Mommy’s" "I," "He," "She," "is,")
Asks questions using "Wh- words" (e.g., "What is that?")
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this blog post is by
Dr. Jasmine Urquhart Gillis
Speech-language pathologist (SLP) / Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
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