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Language Development 0-3 Years
Milestones & Red Flags
Contact your pediatrician and find a local Speech-Language Pathologist if you have any concerns about your child's speech or language.
Language skills can be divided into the following two areas:
RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE
How well we understand what we hear and process.
EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE
How well we express ourselves using sounds, gestures, words, sign language, etc.
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Quiets or smiles when you talk.
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Seems to recognize your voice.
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Moves eyes in the direction of sounds.
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Responds to changes in tone of voice (smiling with warm/happy tone, becoming scared with loud/angry tone, etc.)
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Turns and looks in the direction of sounds.
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Looks when you point.
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Turns when their name is called.
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Understands words for common objects and people (cup, car, juice, mommy)
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Responds to familiar words and phrases (no, come here, want more?, etc.)
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Plays simple social games (i.e. peek-a-boo)
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Listens to songs and stories for a short time
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Points to identify a few body parts.
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Follows 1-step directions (i.e. 'roll the ball')
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Responds to simple, familiar questions (i.e. 'who's that?', 'where's dad?', etc,)
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Listens to simple stories, songs, and rhymes for 2 minutes.
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Points to pictures in a books when named.
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Understands opposites (i.e. go/stop, big/little, on/off, etc.)
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Understands size differences.
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Begins to understand time concepts (i.e. soon, later, wait, etc.)
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Follows 2-step directions (i.e. 'get the spoon and put it on the table)
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Understands new words quickly.
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Makes cooing sounds.
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Cries change for different needs (hunger, needing a diaper change, etc.)
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Smiles at people
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Coos and babbles when playing.
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Babbles include early sounds 'ba', 'ma', 'pa'
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Giggles and laughs
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Babbles strings of sounds ('mamama', 'upupup', 'bubububu).
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Uses sounds and gestures to get and keep attention.
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Points to objects and shows them to others.
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Uses gestures, like waving hi/bye, reaching up tp be picked up, shaking head 'no', etc.
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Imitates different speech sounds.
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Says 1 to 2 words (hi, dog, dada, mama, uh-oh) around first birthday, but sounds may not be clear.
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By 18 months uses 50 words.
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By 24 months uses 200 words.
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Uses the sounds /p,b,m,h,w/ in words.
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Starts to names pictures in books.
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Asks simple questions (i.e. 'what's that?', 'who's that?', 'where is he?', etc.)
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Puts 2 words together (i.e. 'more apple', 'no bed', etc.)
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By 3 years uses 1,000 words.
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Has a word for almost everything.
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Uses present progressive verb+ing (i.e. drinking).
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Uses prepositions (i.e. in, on, under).
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Uses 2-3 word combinations to talk about things and ask for things.
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People who know your child can understand them well.
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Asks 'why?'
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Begins to control others verbally rather than physically.
0-3 Months
4-6 Months
RED FLAGS @ 6 MONTHS
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Does not laugh or squeal
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Does not look toward new sounds
7-12 Months
RED FLAGS @ 9 MONTHS
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Has limited or no babbling
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Does not indicate when happy or upset
RED FLAGS @ 12 MONTHS
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Does not point to objects
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Does not use gestures (wave, shake head)
12-24 Months
RED FLAGS @ 15 MONTHS
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Has not used first word
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Does not respond to 'no' or 'bye bye'
RED FLAGS @ 18 MONTHS
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Does not use 6-10 words consistently
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Does not discriminate between sounds
RED FLAGS @ 20 MONTHS
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Does not use at least 6 consonant sounds
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Does not follow simple directions
RED FLAGS @ 24 MONTHS
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Uses less than 50 words
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Has limited interest in social interaction
24-36 Months
RED FLAGS @ 36 MONTHS
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Strangers have trouble understanding
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Does not use simple sentences