2-year old speech checklist pdf

Birth to 5 months

• Coos

• Vocalizes pleasure and displeasure sounds differently (laughs, giggles, cries, or fusses)

• Makes noise when talked to

6 to 11 months

• Understands "no-no"

• Babbles (says "ba-ba-ba")

• Says "ma-ma" or "da-da" without meaning

• Tries to communicate by actions or gestures

• Tries to repeat your sounds

• Says first word

12 to 17 months

• Answers simple questions nonverbally

• Says 2 to 3 words to label a person or object (pronunciation may not be clear)

• Tries to imitate simple words

• Vocabulary of four to 6 words

18 to 23 months

• Vocabulary of 50 words, pronunciation is often unclear

• Asks for common foods by name

• Makes animal sounds, such as "moo"

• Starting to combine words, such as "more milk"

• Begins to use pronouns, such as "mine"

• Uses 2-word phrases

2 to 3 years

• Knows some spatial concepts, such as "in" or "on"

• Knows pronouns, such as "you," "me" or "her"

• Knows descriptive words, such as "big" or "happy"

• Uses 3-wo

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