| Hearing and Understanding | Talking |
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
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Birth-3 Months
- Makes pleasure sounds (cooing, gooing)
- Cries differently for different needs
- Smiles when sees you
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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
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4-6 Months
- Babbling sounds more speech-like with many different sounds, including p, b, and m
- Vocalizes excitement and displeasure
- Makes gurgling sounds when left alone and when playing with you
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7 Months- 1 Year
- Enjoys games like peekaboo and pat-a-cake
- Turns and looks in direction of sounds
- Listens when spoken to
- Recognizes words for common items like "cup", "shoe", or "juice."
- Begins to respon to requests (e.g. "Come here" or "Want more?")
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7 Months- 1 Year
- Babbling has both long and short groups of sounds such as "tata upup bibibibi"
- Uses speech or noncrying sounds to get and keep attention
- Imitates different speech sounds
- Has one or two words (bye-bye, dada, mama), although they may not be clear.
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1- 2 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.
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1- 2 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")
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- Uses many different consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
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2-3 years
- Understands the differences in meaning. ("go-stop," "in-on," "big-little," "up-down")
- Follows two requests ("Get the book and put it on the table")
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2-3 years
- Has a word for almost everything
- Uses two-or three-word "sentences" to talk about and ask for things.
- Speech is understood by familiar listeners most of the time
- Often asks for or directs attention to objects by naming them.
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3-4 years
- Hears you when you call from another room
- Hears television or radio at the same loudness level as other family members
- Understands simple "wh" (who, what, where, why) questions
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3-4 years
- Talks about activities at school or at friends homes.
- Speaks clearly enough that people outside of the family usually understand his or her speech.
- Uses alot of sentences that have four or more words
- Usually talks easily without repeating syllables or words.
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4-5 years
- Pays attention to a short story and answers simple questions about it.
- Heards and understands most of what is said at home and in school.
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4-5 years
- Makes voice sounds clear like other children's.
- Uses sentences that give lots of details (e.g. "I like to read my books")
- Tells stories that stick to topic
- Communicates easily with other children and adults
- Says most sounds correctly (except perhaps certain ones such as l, s, r, v, z, ch, sh, th).
- Uses the same grammar as the rest of the family.
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