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Preschool Pg.4 |
Sounding off
Here’s what to listen for from your child at different stages in
their early development:
0-3 months
He coos and makes other pleasure sounds (“aaah”)
3-6 months
She babbles, especially the bbb, ppp, ggg and kkk sounds which
are the easiest.
6-9 months
He strings syllables together, such as ba-ba-ba and ma-ma-ma
9-12 months
She starts “talking” with recognizable intonation; first words
usually around 1 year.
12-18 months
He moos and woofs, nods his head “yes” and shakes it for “no.”
18-24 months
Combinations emerge such as, “throw ball,” “no,” “mine” and any
word they can muster.
2 years
She uses grammar (“throw ball me”) and a few prepositions (“up,”
“on”). She knows 200 to 300 words.
3 years
His speech is almost like an adults with clear statements and
“why” questions. His vocabulary is about 900 words.
4 years
Sentences and stories are longer, using “and,” “so,” and “then.”
Vocabulary is up to 1,500 words.
5 years
He’ll know about 2,000 words but can understand four times as
many and he’ll use about 90 percent of the grammar an adult
does.
Source: Robert Owens, Ph.D., coauthor of Help Your Baby Talk
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