Helpful Information

Here you will find important information regarding milestones and helpful tips and strategies for all different speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders.

Children Language Milestones

1 Year

~Waves Goodbye

~Calls parent "Mama" or "Dada"

~Understands "No"

2 Years

~Says two words together (i.e. More Milk)

~Points to things

~Uses more gestures (i.e. blowing a kiss)

3 Years

~Talks in a 2 back and forth conversation

~Asks "who, what, where, or why" questions

~Says action words (i.e. running, jumping)

4 Years

~Says sentences with 4 or more words

~Answers simple questions

~Talks about one thing that happened during the day

Children Articulation Milestones

1 Year

~Starting to learn how to produce the following sounds: "p,m,h,w,b,n"

2 Years

~Continues to learn how to produce the following sounds: "p, m, h, w, b, n"

~Starts to learn how to produce the following sounds: "k, g, d, t, -ing"

~At 2.5 years, starts to learn how to produce "f" and "y"

3 Years

~Produces "p, m, h, w, b, n" and continues their learning for the sounds "k, g, d, t, -ing, f, y"

~Starts to learn how to produce "r, s, l, blends)

~Blends: st, pl, gr, etc.

~At 3.5 years, starts to learn "sh, ch, z"

4 Years

~ Produces "p, m, h, w, b, n, k, g, d, t, -ing, f, y

~Continues to learn the production for "r, s, l, blends, sh, ch, z"

~Starts to produce "j and v"

~At 4. 5 years, starts to learn voiceless th (thumb)

5 Years

~Continues their production of "-ing, r, s, l, blends, sh, ch, z, j, v, voiceless th (thumb)

~Starts learning production for voiced th (that)

6 Years

~Continues their production of "-ing, r, s, l, sh, ch, z, j, voiceless th, voiced th"

~Starts to learned "zh" (measure)

Late 8 Sounds

~"sh, voiceless th, voiced th, s, z, l, r, zh"

~Develop between 5 years and continue through 7.5 years

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