Early Speech and Language Developmental Milestones

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Receptive

Recognizes name

Understands simple instructions

Recognizes words as symbols for objects

Expressive

Imitates familiar words

Vocalizes during play

May acquire 1st word

Phonology

Coos and gurgles

Babbles with consonants or vowels

Uses m, n, t, d, b, p, z in babbling

Receptive

Understands "no"

Gives a toy when asked

Points to toes and nose

Expressive

Uses 10 - 20 words

Combines two words

Uses words such as "more"

Phonology

Uses sentence-like intonation

Uses words more than jargon

65% intelligible by 2 years

Receptive

Understands time concepts ("last night", "tomorrow“)

Understands about 450 words

Answers "where" questions

Expressive

Combines nouns and verb ("mommy go“)

Names common pictures/objects

Uses from 200/500 words

Phonology

70-80% intelligible

Some substitutions/distortions of consonants Mastered p, m, n, w, h

(www.ldonline.org & Gard A., Gilman,L. & Gorman, J., 1993)

All children develop at different rates. However, these milestones are an accurate representation of normal development for speech and language. Please keep in mind, the above is only an abbreviated list.

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