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Hearing and
Understanding
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Talking
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Birth
- Listens to speech
- Startles or cries at
noise
- Awakens at loud
sounds
- Ceases activity at a
new sound
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Birth
- Makes pleasure sound
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0-3 Months
- Turns to you when you
speak
- Smiles when spoken to
- Seems to recognize
your voice and quiets if crying
- Stops activity to pay
attention to an unfamiliar voice
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0-3 Months
- Repeats the same
sounds a lot (cooing, gooing)
- Cries differently for
different needs
- Smiles when she sees
you
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4-6 Months
- Responds to
"no" and changes in tone of voice
- Looks around for the
source of new sounds, e.g. doorbell, vacuum, dog
- 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
- Tells you (by sound or
gesture) when he wants you to do something
- Makes gurgling sounds
when left alone and when playing with you
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7 Months-1 Year
- Enjoys games like
peek-o-boo and pat-a-cake
- Turns and looks up
when you call her name
- Listens when spoken to
- Recognizes words for
common items like "cup", "shoe," "juice"
- Begins to respond to
requests ("Come here," "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
non-crying sounds to get and keep attention
- Imitates different
speech sounds
- Has 1 or 2 words
("bye-bye," "dada," "mama," "no' )
although they may not be clear
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1-2 Years
- Points to pictures in
a book when named
- Points to a few body
parts when asked
- Follows simple
commands and understands simple questions ("Roll the ball,"
"Kiss the baby," "Where' s your shoe?")
- Listens to simple
stories, songs, and rhymes
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1-2 Years
- Says more words every
month
- Uses some 1-2 word
questions ("Where kitty?" "Go bye-bye?" "What'
s that?")
- Puts 2 words together
("more cookie," "no juice," "mommy book")
- Uses many different
consonant sounds of the beginning of words
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2-3 Years
- Understands
differences in meaning ("go-stop," "in-on,"
"big-little," "up-down")
- Notices sounds
(telephone ringing, television sounds, knocking at the door)
- 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 2-3-word
"sentences" to talk about and ask for things
- Speech is understood
by familiar listeners most of the time
- Often asks for a
direct attention to objects by naming them
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3-4 Years
- Hears you when call
from another room
- Hears television or
radio at the same loudness level as other family members
- Understands simple,
"who," "what," "where," questions
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3-4 Years
- Talks about
activities at school or at friends' homes
- Usually talks easily
without repeating syllables or words
- People outside family
usually understand child' s speech
- Uses a lot of
sentences that have 4 or more words
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4-5 Years
- Pays attention to a
short story and answers simple questions about it
- Everyone who knows
child thinks she hears well (teacher, day care provider, family members)
- Hears and
understands most of what is said at home and in school
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4-5 years
- 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 a topic
- Communicates easily
with other children and adults
- Says most sounds
correctly except a few like l, s, r, v, z, ch, sh, th
- Uses adult-like
grammar
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