Speech & Language

Question 1

Makes cooing sounds

Answer 1

0 - 3 months

Question 2

Cries change for different needs

Answer 2

0 - 3 months

Question 3

Smiles at people

Answer 3

0 - 3 months

Question 4

Coos and babbles when playing alone or with you

Answer 4

4 - 6 months

Question 5

Makes speech-like babbling sounds like “pa,” “ba,” and “mi”

Answer 5

4 - 6 months

Question 6

Giggles and laughs

Answer 6

4 - 6 months

Question 7

Makes sounds when happy or upset

Answer 7

4 - 6 months

Question 8

Begins to repeat sounds

Answer 8

4 - 6 months

Question 9

Imitates his/her own voice

Answer 9

4 - 6 months

Question 10

Vocalization with intonation

Answer 10

By 6 months

Question 11

Babbles long strings of sounds, like “mimi upup babababa”

Answer 11

7 months - 1 year

Question 12

Uses sounds and gestures to get and keep attention

Answer 12

7 months - 1 year

Question 13

Points to objects and shows them to others

Answer 13

7 months - 1 year

Question 14

Uses gestures like waving bye, reaching for “up,” and shaking his head no

Answer 14

7 months - 1 year

Question 15

Imitates different speech sounds

Answer 15

7 months - 1 year

Question 16

Says 1 or 2 true words, like “hi, “ “dog,” “dada,” “mama,” or “uh-oh.” This will happen around his/her first birthday (12 months), but sounds may not be clear

Answer 16

7 months - 1 year

Question 17

Practices inflection

Answer 17

7 months - 1 year

Question 18

Uses a lot of new words

Answer 18

1 - 2 years

Question 19

Uses “p,” “b,” “m,” “h,” and “w” in words

Answer 19

1 - 2 years

Question 20

Starts to name pictures in books

Answer 20

1 - 2 years

Question 21

Asks questions, like “What’s that?” “Who’s that?” and “Where’s kitty?”

Answer 21

1 - 2 years

Question 22

Puts 2 words together, like “more apple, “no bed,” and “mommy book.”

Answer 22

1 - 2 years

Question 23

Has vocabulary of approx. 5 - 20 words

Answer 23

By 18 months

Question 24

Vocabulary made of chiefly nouns

Answer 24

By 18 months

Question 25

Some echolalia (repeating of word or phrase over and over)

Answer 25

By 18 months

Question 26

Much jargon w/emotional content

Answer 26

By 18 months

Question 27

Has vocabulary of approx. 150 - 300 words

Answer 27

By 24 months

Question 28

Can name a number of objects common to his/her surroundings

Answer 28

By 24 months

Question 29

Able to use at least two prepositions, usually chosen from the following: in, on, under

Answer 29

By 24 months

Question 30

Combines words into a short sentence

Answer 30

By 24 months

Question 31

Volume/pitch of voice not well controlled

Answer 31

By 24 months

Question 32

Can use 2 pronouns correctly: I, me, you (often confuse me and I)

Answer 32

By 24 months

Question 33

My and mine are beginning to emerge

Answer 33

By 24 months

Question 34

Has a word for almost everything

Answer 34

2 - 3 years

Question 35

Talks about things that are not in the room

Answer 35

2 - 3 years

Question 36

Uses “k,” “g,” “f,” “t,” “d,” and “n” in words

Answer 36

2 - 3 years

Question 37

Uses words like “in,” “on,” and “under”

Answer 37

2 - 3 years

Question 38

Uses two- or three-words to talk about and ask for things

Answer 38

2 - 3 years

Question 39

People who know your child can understand him/her

Answer 39

2 - 3 years

Question 40

Asks “Why?”

Answer 40

2 - 3 years

Question 41

Puts 2 words together to talk about things

Answer 41

2 - 3 years

Question 42

May repeat some words and sounds

Answer 42

2 - 3 years

Question 43

Vocabulary of 900 - 1000 words

Answer 43

By 36 months

Question 44

Uses pronouns I, you, me correctly

Answer 44

By 36 months

Question 45

Is using some plurals and past tenses

Answer 45

By 36 months

Question 46

Handles three word sentences easily

Answer 46

By 36 months

Question 47

Verbs begin to predominate

Answer 47

By 36 months

Question 48

Answers simple who, what and where questions

Answer 48

3 - 4 years

Question 49

Says rhyming words, like hat-cat

Answer 49

3 - 4 years

Question 50

Uses pronouns like I, you, me, we and they

Answer 50

3 - 4 years

Question 51

Most people understand what your child says

Answer 51

3 - 4 years

Question 52

Asks when and how questions

Answer 52

3 - 4 years

Question 53

Puts 4 words together. May make some mistakes, like “I goed to school”

Answer 53

3 - 4 years

Question 54

Talks about what happened during the day. Uses about 4 sentences at a time.

Answer 54

3 - 4 years

Question 55

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

Answer 55

4 - 5 years

Question 56

Responds to “What did you say?”

Answer 56

4 - 5 years

Question 57

Talks without repeating sounds or words most of the time

Answer 57

4 - 5 years

Question 58

Names letters and numbers

Answer 58

4 - 5 years

Question 59

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”

Answer 59

4 - 5 years

Question 60

Tells a short story

Answer 60

4 - 5 years

Question 61

Keeps a conversation going

Answer 61

4 - 5 years

Question 62

Talks in different ways, depending on the listener and place. Your child may use short sentences with younger children. He/she may talk louder outside than inside.

Answer 62

4 - 5 years

Question 63

Uses some plural words, like “toys,” “birds,” and “buses”

Answer 63

3 - 4 years