General Speech, Language, & Feeding Milestones
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6 to 10 Months
Babbling
Eats pureed baby foods
10 to 12 Months
Beginning to finger feed & drink from cup
First words/Introduction of sign language
13 to 18 Months
Follows simple commands
Identifies 1 to 3 body parts
13 to 16 months vocabulary of 3 to 20 words
18 months vocabulary of 50 words
2 to 3Years
- Vocabulary of 50 to 100 words
- Begin to use pronouns (I, mine, me)
- Answers “what’s that” questions
- Identifies 5 body parts
- Follows 2-step commands
- Produce 2 and 3-word phrases
- Drinks from a straw, spoon feeds
- self with help
3 to 4 years
Follow 2 & 3-step directions
Produce 4 and 5-word sentences
Has a receptive vocabulary of 1200-2000 words
Has an expressive vocabulary of 800-1500 words
May begin to show signs of stuttering
Speech is 80-85% intelligible (clear) to
unfamiliar listeners
Engages in long conversation
No longer produces /t/ sound /k/ ex: tar for car
No longer produces /d/ sound /g/ ex: dirl for girl
5 to 6 Years
Communicates appropriately with adults & children
Counts to 100
Follows instructions given to a group
Knows the days of the week
Understands similarities/differences
Understands rhyming (ex: sun-fun)