The document provides a checklist of typical language development milestones from birth to 4 years old. It outlines skills in understanding and producing language at various stages, starting with turning towards sounds at birth and advancing to repeating sentences and using pronouns between ages 3-4. The document notes that at ages 3-4, children start repeating what they hear, so parents should be mindful of what they say around children.

1. Language Development in Children By Keshia Barker

2. Language Development Checklist The following slides contain a checklist from birth till 4 years old of things typically developed children are able to do with their language. All of the information was taken from the National Institution on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/speechandlanguage.html#mychild Last updated June 9, 2010

3. Birth to 5 months Turns Head toward sound sources Watches your face when you speak Vocalizes pleasure and displeasure sounds (laughs, giggles, cries, or fusses). Makes noises when talked to

4. 6-11 months Understand “no-no” Begins to Babble Tries to communicate through actions or gestures Tries to repeat your sounds

5. 12-17 months Answers simple questions non-verbally Says two or three words to label and object Tries to imitate simple words

6. 18-23 Months Understands Simple verbs Correctly pronounces most vowels and n, m, p, h. Says 8-10 words Starts combining words

7. 2-3 years Knows about 50 words Speech is becoming more accurate Answers simple questions Speaks in 2-3 word phrases Knows more pronouns (I, me, you, her, etc.)

8. 3-4 years Uses consonants at the beginning, middle, and end of words Has fun with language Expresses Ideas and feeling Repeats Sentences

9. Repeating When a child reaches the ages of 3 or 4 they start to repeat sentences. This is when parents should be extra extra aware of what they are saying because this is when Kids start to Say the Darnest things. We think it is hilarious but most of the time they are just repeating what they have heard before.

10. Kids Say the Darnest Thing Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDI6GuAyo94&feature=PlayList&p=324A4E10D560C72E&index=0&playnext=1