Language Development

  • 7 Months

    Babble is still around, but infants are able to say actual words and understand some spoken words
  • 2 Months

    Infants start being able to make coo sounds and begin to babble. Repeating constant vowel sounds
  • 4 Months

    Infants are interested in peek a boo
  • 1 Year

    Babbling is turning into intonation and speech patterns
  • 18 Months

    Vocabulary expands
  • 2 Years

    Spoken vocabulary is growing to many common words, gaining 200-250 new words
  • 2 1/2 Years

    Toddlers gain the ability to create short sentences
  • 4 Years

    The ability to ask questions becomes more pronounced.
  • 5 Years

    adult like sentence structure and problem solving
  • 6 Years

    Kids have the ability to follow instructions
  • 9 Years

    Kids begin understanding complicated vocabulary and have the ability to ask for help
  • 12 Years

    Longer sentences, understanding of conversation topic, and understand formal and informal conversations (friend v.s teacher)