The Building Blocks of Language from Birth to 18 years of age

  • Conception to birth

    Conception to birth
    -Can hear after all body parts are develop
    -Can react to mom talking
    -Can hear music
  • Birth to 1 year old

    Birth to 1 year old
    -Starts paying attention to, watching and recognizing faces
    -Recognizes familiar people at a distance
    -Develops different cries for different needs
    -Reaches for and grabs objects
    -Responds to conversation by making sounds
    -Jabbers with vowel sound combinations
    -Looks for hidden object, but only if he sees you hide it
  • Age 1 to 2 years old

    Age 1 to 2 years old
    -Cries for attention
    -Child knows who there parents are and responds to coos, gurgles, and babbling.
    -Recognizes name
    -Can say mamma and dada
    -Understands simple instructions
  • By age 3-5years old

    By age 3-5years old
    -Can identify body parts
    -Uses 2 word phases
    -Can have over 450 word vocabulary
    -Can tell stories
    -Uses sentences 5-6 words
    -Points to colors
    -Counts numbers
  • By 6-8 years old

    By 6-8 years old
    -Reads books out loud
    -Can solve word problems
    -Speech should be completely intelligible and socially useful
    -Should be able to tell one a rather connected story about a picture, -Seeing relationships Between objects and happenings
    -Simple reading and to write or print many words
    -All speech sounds, including consonant blends
    - Should be established
    -Social amenities
    -Control of rate, pitch, and volume are generally
  • By age 9-11 years old

    By age 9-11 years old
    -Word definitions emphasize synonyms and categorical relations.
    -Grasps double meanings of words, as reflected in comprehension of metaphors and humor.
    -Understanding of complex grammatical constructions improves.
    -Adapts messages to the needs of listeners in complex communicative situations.
    -Conversational strategies become more refined.
  • By the age 12-14 years

    By the age 12-14 years
    -Have more ability for complex thought
    -Be better able to express feelings through talking
    -Develop a stronger sense of right and wrong
    -Word vocabulary is over 16,00 words
    -Can read and write books and reports
  • By the age of 15-16 years of age

    By the age of 15-16 years of age
    -Learn more defined work habits
    -Show more concern about future school and work plans
    -Be better able to give reasons for their own choices, including about what is right or wrong
    -Teens can have deep, philosophical arguments, and they can fuse -Information and apply concepts across different disciplines. -Independent beliefs around moral subjects
    -Defend those beliefs -- even though their opinions often
  • Age 17 years

    Age 17 years
    -Shows well-established abstract thinking.
    - Makes applications to own current and future situations
    -Social skills are at there peak
    -Thinking and for practical problem-solving skills are increasingly
    -Has continued need for achievement and recognition for accomplishment
  • At 18 years old

    At 18 years old
    • Experience a positive self-concept -Experience success in what they attempt to do
    • Increasingly independent -Accepted by people of different ages -Experience adventure