By 3 Months, A Child Should:
- Use differential cries
- Coos and gurgle
- Produce single syllables
By 6 Months, A Child Should:
- Begin babbling
- Use self-initiated vocal play
- Repeat self produced sounds
- Vocalize to people happiness and unhappiness
- Use 12 different phonemes
- Call for attention
- Laugh, coo, and respond to adults entering room
By 12 Months, A Child Should:
- Use 3 to 20 one-word phrases (Ex: momma, dada, bye-bye)
- Love to vocalize during play using a variety of intonations
- React to your voice (really knows your feelings)
- Use 18 different phonemes
- Stop and look when you call their name
- Play “Peek-A-Boo”
By 18 Months, A Child Should:
- Use at least 20 words and 21 different phonemes
- Jargon and echolalia are present
- Uses a lot gestures
- Uses words such as “no, mine, more, up,” and expressions such as “ut-oh, what’s that, and all gone”
By 2 Years, A Child Should:
- Use up to 270 one-word phrases and 25 different phonemes
- Not using much jargon or echolalia
- Averages 75 words per hour during free play
- Talk in several two to three word phrases with speech intelligibility of at least 65%
- Name common objects and pictures
- Uses phrases such as “I want, go bye-bye, up daddy, and ball all gone”
By 3 Years , A Child Should:
- Use 900 words in 3-4 word sentences
- Average 175 words per hour
- Ask and answer simple questions
- Have speech intelligibility nearing 100%
- Be able to tell a simple story and talk about past events
- Use all vowels correctly
- Begin sentences with “I” instead of “Me”
- Use the following sounds consistently /p/, /b/, /m/, /h/, and /w/
By 4 Years , A Child Should:
- Use up to 1500 words in many 5-6 word sentences
- Average 400 words per hour
- Be asking many questions in conversation
- Be able to sing a song and recite a poem from memory
- Be able to name primary colors, know some coins, and relate fanciful tales