The course of children’s development is mapped using a chart of developmental milestones. These milestones are behaviours that emerge over time, forming the building blocks for growth and continued learning. We have broken them down into age categories.
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• Uses the sounds /b/, /p/ and /m/ when speaking.
• Starts to smile when spoken to.
• Coo’s, gurgles and makes sounds.
• Listen when spoken too.
• Responds to his/her name.
• Use sounds to indicate needs and wants.
• Turns head when he/she hears sounds.
• Understanding simple instructions.
• Has a vocabulary if 1-3 words.
• Understands the meaning of hot and cold
• Use many different sounds when babbling.
• Respond to simple requests
• Will imitate clicks, coughs, and hisses.
• Start using speech in order to communicate.
• Uses the sounds /b/, /p/ and /m/ when speaking.
• Starts to smile when spoken to.
• Coo’s, gurgles and makes sounds.
• Listen when spoken too.
• Responds to his/her name.
• Use sounds to indicate needs and wants.
• Turns head when he/she hears sounds.
• Understands 300 or more words.
• Use 50-100 or more words.
• Stranger may understand 25-50% of what he/she may be saying.
• Is able to answer “What’s that?” questions
• Name 5 body parts.
• Enjoys stories.
• Is able to name a few objects correctly.
• Understands 500-900 or more words.
• Uses 50-250 or more words.
• Is able to identify several body parts.
• Is able to point to pictures in a book when named.
• Ask questions that are 1-2 words in length.
• Is able to use 3-4 words in a phrase.
• Strangers are able to understand 50-75% of his/her speech
• Understands 2 800 words or more.
• Use 900- 2 000 words.
• Use sentences of 4-8 words.
• Is able to count to 10 by rote.
• Identifies 1-3 colours.
• A stranger is able to fully understand him/her.
• Is able to tell a story with complete accuracy.
• Understand 13 000 words.
• Is able to name 6 colours and 3 shapes.
• Is able to count to 30 by rote.
• Follows a command give to a group of children.
• Follows 3 part instructions.
• Is able to name days of the week.
• Is able to recite Nursery Rhymes.
• Understands 20 000 words.
• Identifies left and right.
• Is able to name letters and numbers.
• Is able to count to 100 by rote.
• Uses sentences of approximately 6 words.
• Is able to say the alphabet.
• Participates in a conversation.