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That's So Speechie

0-3 months

4-6 months

-Laughs, reacts to facial expressions, and enjoys sound-making toys.
-Experiments with sounds, babbles, and blows “raspberries.”

7-9 months

– Responds to name and stops when told “no.”
– Babbles with varied sounds and imitates speech rhythms.
– Seeks comfort, raises arms to be picked up, and recognizes familiar people or objects.

10-12 months

– Points, waves, imitates actions, and follows simple directions.
– Enjoys music and rhythm
– Says first words such as “mama” or “dada.”

13-18 months

– Comprehension: Follows simple questions and directions.
– Communication: Uses gestures to express needs and emotions.
– Language: Says familiar words and mixes babbling with real speech.

19-24 months

– Vocabulary: Knows 50+ words.
– Speech: Pronunciation may be unclear but meaning is understood in context.
– Language: Combines two words, follows directions, and uses early pronouns or possessives.

2-3 years

– Language: Combines words, asks simple questions, gives reasons, and says their names
– Grammar: Uses plurals, “–ing,” and “–ed” verbs.
– Speech: Produces p, b, m, h, w, d, n, and vowels; speech clearer but may be hard for strangers to understand.

3-4 years

– Language & Literacy: Tells stories, compares, uses location words (“under,” “beside”), and articles (“a,” “the”).
– Pretends to read and write, and recognizes familiar signs or logos.
– Speech: Produces t, k, g, f, y, and –ing; mostly clear by age 4
– Later-developing sounds (l, j, r, sh, ch, s, v, z, th) still emerging.
– Can say simple consonant clusters like tw and –nd.

4-5 years

– Language & Grammar: Uses longer, detailed sentences and tells organized stories with characters and settings.
– Uses irregular plurals, time, and location words.
– Literacy: Recognizes 10+ letters, writes own name, reads/writes left to right, blends words (e.g., cup + cake), and identifies rhymes.
– Speech: Produces most consonants correctly and is clearly understood in conversation.