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This document provides milestones for speech and language development from birth to 5 years. It outlines behaviors and skills children should demonstrate at various ages including making sounds, understanding language, talking, and following instructions. The milestones are broken into 4 to 6 month increments. For each period, examples are given of sounds babies make, words they can say, phrases they use, and their comprehension of language.

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Development PDF

This document provides milestones for speech and language development from birth to 5 years. It outlines behaviors and skills children should demonstrate at various ages including making sounds, understanding language, talking, and following instructions. The milestones are broken into 4 to 6 month increments. For each period, examples are given of sounds babies make, words they can say, phrases they use, and their comprehension of language.

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REFERENCE MANUAL

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Speech and Language Milestones


What should my child be able to do?
Hearing and Understanding
Birth-3 Months
Startles to loud sounds. Quiets or smiles when spoken to. Seems to recognize your voice and quiets if crying. Increases or decreases sucking behavior in response to sound.

Talking
Birth-3 Months
Makes pleasure sounds (cooing, gooing). Cries differently for different needs. Smiles when sees you.

4-6 Months
Moves eyes in direction of sounds. Responds to changes in tone of your voice. Notices toys that make sounds. Pays attention to music.

4-6 Months
Babbling sounds more speech-like with many different sounds, including p, b, and m. Chuckles and giggles. Vocalizes excitement and displeasure. Makes gurgling sounds when left alone and when playing with you.

7 Months-1 Year
Enjoys games like peek-o-boo and pat-a-cake. Turns and looks in direction of sounds. Listens when spoken to. Recognizes words for common items like cup, shoe, book, or juice. Begins to respond to requests (e.g. Come here or Want more?).

7 Months-1 Year
Babbling has both long and short groups of sounds such as tata upup bibibibi. Uses speech or non-crying sounds to get and keep attention. Uses gestures to communication (waving, holding arms to be picked up) Imitates different speech sounds. Has one or two words (hi, dog, dada, mama) around first birthday, although sounds may not be clear.

One to Two Years


Points to a few body parts when asked. Follows simple commands and understands simple questions (Roll the ball, Kiss the baby, Wheres your shoe?). Listens to simple stories, songs, and rhymes. Points to pictures in a book when named.

One to Two Years


Says more words every month. Uses some one- or two- word questions (Where kitty?, Go bye-bye?, Whats that?). Puts two words together (more cookie, no juice, mommy book). Uses many different consonant sounds of the beginning of words.

Two to Three Years


Understands differences in meaning (go-stop, in-on, big-little, up-down). Follows two requests (Get the book and put it on the table). Listens to and enjoys hearing stories for longer periods of time.

Two to Three Years


Has a word for almost everything. Uses two- or three- words to talk about and ask for things. Uses k, g, f, t, d, and n sounds. Speech is understood by familiar listeners most of the time. Often asks for or directs attention to objects by naming them.

Three to Four Years


Hears you when call from another room. Hears television or radio at the same loudness level as other family members. Answers simple, who?, what?, where?, and why? questions.

Three to Four Years


Talks about activities at school or at friends homes. People outside family usually understand childs speech. Uses a lot of sentences that have 4 or more words. Usually talks easily without repeating syllables or words.

Four to Five Years


Pays attention to a short story and answers simple questions about them. Hears and understands most of what is said at home and in school.

Four to Five Years


Uses sentences that give lots of details (The biggest peach is mine). Tells stories that stick to topic. Communicates easily with other children and adults. Says most sounds correctly except a few like l, s, r, v, z, ch, sh, th. Says rhyming words. Names some letters and numbers. Uses the same grammar as the rest of the family.

Reprinted with permission from How does your child hear and talk? (n.d.) Available from the website of the American Speech-LanguageHearing Association: http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/chart.htm. All rights reserved.
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