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SpeechLanguage Development Chart
SpeechLanguage Development Chart
0 - 3 Months
3 - 6 Months
Babbling begins
1 1 Years
initial consonants
Basically unintelligible with exception of a
few words
Omits final consonants and some initial
consonants
Words produced with VC structure (bo/boat)
emerge)
Accurately imitates some words
5- 6 Years
syllables
1 - 2 Years
9 12 Months
intonations
Uses most sounds (C&V) in vocal play
beginning of phonetic drift
May acquire first true word 0-18 months
Variegated babbling begins combines
different syllables in vocal play
2- 2 Years
2- 3 Years
of phrase.
Consonants mastered: p, m, n, w, h
3- 3 Years
6 9 Months
3 - 4 Years
speech
Continued refinement of articulatory skills
taking place
Consonants mastered: b, d, k, g, f, y
Phonological processes continuing after
age 3: cluster reduction, deplatalization,
epenthesis, final devoicing, gliding,
stopping, vocalization
4- 4 Years
consonants
Very intelligible in connected speech
4- 5 Years
6 7 Years
From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman, Pro-Ed.
3 - 6 Months
patterns
Smiles on sight of face
Recognizes spoon or bottle
Laughs when playing with objects
6 9 Months
are spoken
Comprehends no inhibits on command
Interest in pictures maintained for full
minute while they are name
Searches for partially hidden object (4-8
months)
Bangs objects together
Performs many actions on objects shakes,
tears, slides, mouths, rubs
Sight of object or person produces gross
gesture (emerging nomination)
Imitates ringing of bell
9 12 Months
1 1 Years
possession)
Points to one to three body parts on command
Identifies two or more objects or pictures
from a group
Perceives others emotions
1 - 2 Years
2- 2 Years
2- 3 Years
From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman (Pro-Ed).
shapes
Is cautious of common dangers, such as
stairways, animals
Has complicated, sequenced routines for
daily activities (bedtime, meals); objects to
change (beginning of time/sequence
awareness
1 1 Years
Uses 3 to 20 words
Vocalizes with gestures
Says all gone (emerging negation)
Answers question whats this?
Asks for more (emerging recurrence)
1 - 2 Years
3- 3 Years
2- 2 Years
actions
3 - 4 Years
2- 3 Years
4- 4 Years
4- 5 Years
(54 months)
From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman (Pro-Ed).
questions
Executes three commissions in sequence
Points to red, yellow, green, and blue on
request (60 months)
Knows heavy/light, loud/soft, like/unalike,
discriminates /long/short
Classifies according to form, color or use
do you sleep?)
Answers 15 agent + action questions
Responds appropriately to how often,
how long questions
Asks meaning of words
Tells long story accurately
Counts 10 objects
Can name first/middle/last
Identifies missing objects from group of
three
Repeats days of week in sequence
5- 6 Years
hot is)
Differentiates am from pm
Understands yesterday/tomorrow, more/less,
Some/many, several/few, most/least,
before/after, now/later, across, a pair
Has number concepts of 10 (give me blocks)
Can point to a penny, nickel, quarter, dime
Points to half and whole
Knows right from left (by age 6)
Can shift classification classifies according
to shape, then color, shift in mental set
6 7 Years
do in each
Prints phone numbers and own full name
with no model
Puts numerals 1-10 in proper sequential
order
Forms letters left to right reversals and
inversions common
Prints alphabet and numerals from
previously printed model
Writes one syllable words related to sight
vocabulary
Grasps the basic ideas of additions and
subtraction
speech
Apt to use slang and mild profanity
Can tell address, both street and number
Second emergence of question state (why)
Recites the alphabet sequentially names
3 - 6 Months
10-15 minutes
Looks intently at and shakes rattle
On visual cue, free hand comes towards
but doesnt grasp rattle.
Pays attention to cube on table
May detect a tiny pellet
Generally inspects surroundings
Smiles, fingers mirror image
Increases activity at sight of toy
Words for toy out of reach
Exploitative in string play
Head control established in midline
Bangs with object held in hand
Transfers object form one hand to another
Rolls over both ways
1 1 Years
6 9 Months
with them
1 - 2 Years
9 12 Months
2- 2 Years
Procrastinates
Strings beads
fall
Plays ball with another person
Still brings objects to mouth uses tongue
more
Puts objects in and takes them out of large
container (beginning awareness of in/out)
Places one block after another on table
(prerequisite to counting)
Responds to music
Holds crayon imitates scribble
Takes a few steps with help
Can bring one object momentarily above
another (emerging awareness of spatial
concept precedes block stacking)
Stack rings on pegs
Throw objects intentionally
2- 3 Years
3- 3 Years
3 - 4 Years
5- 6 Years
in middle
Copies drawing of diamond
Draws human with heck, fingers, clothes, and
two dimensional legs
Adds nine parts to incomplete human
May start collections
Able to play games by rules
Builds elaborate things with blocks
Plans many sequences of pretend event
uses props and language to develop a theme
(going on a trip into outer space)
4- 4 Years
6 7 Years
4- 5 Years
starts
Plays in groups of two to five friendships
becoming stronger
Spurred on by rivalry in activity
competition
Interested in going on excursions
Draws unmistakable human with body,
arms, legs, feet, nose and eyes
Adds seven parts to incomplete human
Copies a triangle
Watches life situation programs on TV
gains information from verbal contents (60
months)
3 6 Months
1 1 Years
6 9 Months
1 - 2 Years
2- 2 Years
3- 3 Years
questions
Third person singular present tense(s)
emerging (he runs)
Contracted forms of modals (wont,
cant)
Irregular plural forms emerging
(child/children)
Uses are with plural nouns (boys are
running)
Uses and as conjunction
Regular plural forms are consistent
Uses is, are, am in a sentence
3 - 4 Years
2- 3 Years
4- 4 Years
(walk/walked)
Present progressive is + ing consistent
consistent
Are, they, their used inconsistently
used
Conjunction because emerging
Uses got (I got it)
What was, what were, questions emerging
Waswere (yes/no questions) emerging
(was he there?)
From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman (Pro-Ed).
9 12 Months
Due to the highly variable nature of syntactic and morphological development and due to the lack of sufficient research in the area, the age levels listed are approximations of when
certain forms and constructions may appear
4- 5 Years
3- 3 Years
3 - 4 Years
5- 6 Years
All pronouns used consistently
Superlative (est) used (biggest)
Adverbial word endings emerging
(slowly, faster)
4- 5 Years
6 7 Years
4- 4 Years
morphological markers
If and so developed by most children
Reflexive pronouns developed by most
children
Irregular comparatives used more correctly
(good, better, best)
Perfect tense have and had emerging
Nominalization occurring: noun forms are
developed from verb forms
Continued improvement on irregular
plurals
Iteration emerging (you have to clean
clothes to make them clean)
Participial complements emerging
3 6 Months
6 9 Months
9 12 Months
Waves bye
Affectionate to familiar people
Begins directing others behavior physically
1 1 Years
1 - 2 Years
2- 3 Years
3- 4 Years
4 - 5 Years
5 6 Years
children
Uses more elliptical responses
Requests permission
Begins using language for fantasies, jokes,
teasing
Makes conversational repairs when listener
has not understood
Correct others
Primitive narratives emerge: events follow
from central core/use of inference in stories
From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman (Pro-Ed).
6 7 Years