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| HOW TO TALK TO YOUR BABY
Excerpt, page 2: To roughly assess your child's language development over the months, use the following questions as a guide: > Does my three-month-old child turn to the sound of my voice and other sounds? > Does my eight-month-old child imitate speech sounds and use sounds to get attention? > Does my eight-to twelve-month-old child look at people who talk to her, and show an interest and intention to communicate? > Does my twelve-to fifteen-month-old child have a wide range of speech sounds in her babbling and jargoning? Does she express one or two meaningful words? Does she follow simple requests, such as "Look at the dog," and understand simple questions, such as "Do you want some more juice?" > Does my eighteen-month-old child use at least ten words? > Does my eighteen- to twenty-four-month-old child follow simple, one-step requests, such as "Please get the ball"? > Does my two-year-old child have a vocabulary of fifty or more clear words or word approximations, such as "sue" for "shoe," and is she learning to join two words together? Does she ask simple questions, and respond to simple questions with "yes" and "no"? > Does my two-and-a-half-ear-old child understand simple stories and conversations, and use three words together, such as "my big blocks"? >Do my three-year-old child ask and answer "where," "what," and "who" questions? Does she start conversations? Does she use four words and sentences to talk and make requests? Does she follow two-step directions, such as "Get the doll and put it in the box"? Most experts agree that if your child does not meet the aforementioned conditions within reasonable time limits, you may have cause for concern. |
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