BIRTH- 3 MONTHS

Makes cooing sounds.
Cries change for different needs.
Smiles at people.

4 MONTHS-6 MONTHS

Coos and babbles when playing alone or with you.
Makes speech-like babbling sounds, like pa, ba, and mi.
Giggles and laughs.
Makes sounds when happy or upset.

7 MONTHS- 1 YEAR

Babbles long strings of sounds, like mimi upup babababa.
Uses sounds and gestures to get and keep attention.
Points to objects and shows them to others.
Uses gestures like waving bye, reaching for “up,” and shaking his head no.
Imitates different speech sounds.
Says 1 or 2 words, like hi, dog, dada, mama, or uh-oh. This will happen around his first birthday, but sounds may not be clear.

2 YEARS OLD

Uses a lot of new words.
Uses p, b, m, h, and w in words.
Starts to name pictures in books.
Asks questions, like “What's that?”, “Who’s that?”, and “Where’s kitty?”
Puts 2 words together, like "more apple," "no bed," and "mommy book."

3-4 YEARS OLD

Answers simple who, what, and where questions.
Says rhyming words, like hat–cat.
Uses pronouns, like I, you, me, we, and they.
Uses some plural words, like toys, birds, and buses.
Most people understand what your child says.
Asks when and how questions.
Puts 4 words together. May make some mistakes, like “I goed to school.”
Talks about what happened during the day. Uses about 4 sentences at a time.

4-5 YEARS OLD

Says all speech sounds in words. May make mistakes on sounds that are harder to say, like l, s, r, v, z, ch, sh, and th.
Responds to “What did you say?”
Talks without repeating sounds or words most of the time.
Names letters and numbers.
Uses sentences that have more than 1 action word, like jump, play, and get. May make some mistakes, like “Zach gots 2 video games, but I got one.”
Tells a short story.
Keeps a conversation going.
Talks in different ways, depending on the listener and place. Your child may use short sentences with younger children. He may talk louder outside than inside.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (n.d.). Birth to one year. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Retrieved September 30, 2021, from https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/01/.

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (n.d.). Three to four years. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Retrieved September 30, 2021, from https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/34/.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (n.d.). Two to three years. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Retrieved September 30, 2021, from https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/23/.

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