Phonology Development

0 - 3 Months

Birth cry undifferentiated

Reflexive sound making produces glottal

catch and vowels (ah, eh, uh)

Some variety in non-crying sounds
Differentiated cry (true vocal communication
begins)
Coos and gurgles
Produces single syllables
Begins blowing bubbles

3 - 6 Months

Babbling begins

Double syllables VCV, aga

Puts lips together says m
Nasal tone is heard
Vocalizes pleasure and displeasure
Stops vocalizing when adult enters
Self-initiated vocal play
Coos, chuckles, gurgles and laughs
Babbles to self, others, and objects
Babbling show pitch and inflection change
Vocally expresses eagerness

1 1 Years

Uses sentence-like intonations (jargon)

Some echolalia
Uses most vowels and consonants and some

initial consonants
Basically unintelligible with exception of a
few words
Omits final consonants and some initial
consonants
Words produced with VC structure (bo/boat)
emerge)
Accurately imitates some words

3: consonant assimilation, diminutization,

doubling , final consonant deletion,
prevocalic voicing, reduplication, unstressed
syllable deletion, velar fronting

5- 6 Years

Consonants mastered: t, ing, r, l

syllables

Babbles tunefully singing tones

Uses wide variety of sound combinations

including non-English sounds

Inflected vocal play intonation patterns
heard
Imitates intonation and speech sounds in
his/her own repertoire
Reduplicative babbling begins bababa

1 - 2 Years

Words increasing in frequency jargon

almost gone by 2 years

Asks questions by raising intonation at end

9 12 Months

Vocalizes during play

Vocalizes to mirror
Jabbers loudly wide variety of sounds and

intonations
Uses most sounds (C&V) in vocal play
beginning of phonetic drift
May acquire first true word 0-18 months
Variegated babbling begins combines
different syllables in vocal play

2- 2 Years

Approximately 70% intelligible

May omit final consonant, reduce consonant
blends; substitute one consonant for another

2- 3 Years

Still some substitutions and distortion of

consonants

Continuing to improve intelligibility now

of phrase.

approximately 80% intelligible

Improvement in intelligibility now

Consonants mastered: p, m, n, w, h

approximately 65% intelligible by 2 years

Appearance of words produced with CVC

structure (hot)

3- 3 Years

Uses final consonants most of time

Phonological processes disappearing by age

6 9 Months

Uses m, n, t, d, b, p, y in babbling multiple

3 - 4 Years

Becoming very intelligible in connected

speech
Continued refinement of articulatory skills
taking place
Consonants mastered: b, d, k, g, f, y
Phonological processes continuing after
age 3: cluster reduction, deplatalization,
epenthesis, final devoicing, gliding,
stopping, vocalization

4- 4 Years

Should be few omissions and substitutions of

consonants
Very intelligible in connected speech

4- 5 Years

Most consonant sounds used consistently

and accurately, though may not be mastered

in all contexts
More errors present in difficult blends

6 7 Years

Consonants mastered: voiceless th, sh, ch, j

(by 8 years, voiced th, v, s, zh are
mastered)

From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman, Pro-Ed.

From: Speech and Language Development

Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman,
and Jim Gorman, Pro-Ed.

Semantics Development Chart

0 - 3 Months

Startle response to loud sound

Visually tracks while on back
Moves eyes toward source of sound
Attends to voice turns head toward voice
Fixes gaze on spoon or bottle
Orients to light
Briefly holds and inspects two objects (1-4
months)
Mouths some objects

3 - 6 Months

Anticipates feeding upon sight of bottle

Watches or closely attends to movement

patterns
Smiles on sight of face
Recognizes spoon or bottle
Laughs when playing with objects

6 9 Months

Attempts to imitate gross gestures

Comprehends parental gestures
Looks at some common objects when names

are spoken
Comprehends no inhibits on command
Interest in pictures maintained for full
minute while they are name
Searches for partially hidden object (4-8
months)
Bangs objects together
Performs many actions on objects shakes,
tears, slides, mouths, rubs
Sight of object or person produces gross
gesture (emerging nomination)
Imitates ringing of bell

9 12 Months

Begins to relate symbol and object first

true word

Will give block, toy or object on request

Understands and follows simple commands
regarding body action

Responds with searching movements to

simple questions

Looks in correct place for toys out of sight

Turns heads immediately to own name
Understands the meaning of hot
In presence of more than one object, shows

awareness of more than one

Indicates displeasure when object is
removed

Can name or look for subject out of sight

Attending Phase (0 9 Months)

Prerequisite of Semantic Development

first true word

Gestures and/or vocalizes to indicate wants

1 1 Years

Follows simple one-step commands

Points to recognized objects (emerging
nomination)

Point to wanted objects (emerging state)

Begins to claim certain objects (emerging

possession)
Points to one to three body parts on command
Identifies two or more objects or pictures
from a group
Perceives others emotions

1 - 2 Years

Comprehends approximately 300 words

Listens as pictures are name
Listens to simple stories especially likes

ones heard before

Points to five body parts on self or doll
Responds approximately to yes/no
questions (head shake)
Object permanence fully acquired
Discriminates food from other objects
(unwraps candy before eating)
Imitates only events that are present to the
senses, not those from past experiences

and needs (emerging state, recurrence,

nomination)
Recognizes inverted object emerging
awareness of top/bottom, front/back

2- 2 Years

Comprehends approximately 500 words

Listens to 5 to 10 minute story
Carries out series of two related commands
Identifies action in pictures
Has concept of one and all

2- 3 Years

Comprehends approximately 900 words

Points to pictures of 10 objects described by
their use

Listens to 20 minute story

Knows own sex and difference
Knows in/on/under
Knows big/little
Matches colors
Completes three piece form board, matches

From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman (Pro-Ed).

shapes
Is cautious of common dangers, such as
stairways, animals
Has complicated, sequenced routines for
daily activities (bedtime, meals); objects to
change (beginning of time/sequence
awareness

1 1 Years

Uses 3 to 20 words
Vocalizes with gestures
Says all gone (emerging negation)
Answers question whats this?
Asks for more (emerging recurrence)

1 - 2 Years

Uses approximately 50 recognizable words

Uses names of most familiar objects
Produces animal sound or uses its name
Verbalizes toilet needs (closer to 2 years)
may verbalize need before, during, or after
act
Identifies and names five or more pictures
by 2 years
Says own name on request refers to self
with full name
Verbalizes no
Verbalizes immediate experiences
Combines two words into phrases, ma use
three to four word responses (2 years)
Begins to use some verbs and adjectives

3- 3 Years

Comprehends 1,200 words

Knows in front of and behind when

object with logical front and back if used

Identifies hard/soft, rough/smooth
Identifies circle and square
Responds to commands involving two
actions
Responds to commands involving two
objects
Able to match sets (42 months)

Uses 800 words

Responds appropriately to simple how
question

Can answer two or three questions (what do

you do when youre hungry/sleepy/cold?)

Beginning of question-asking stage asks
mainly what and who questions
Names 8 to 10 pictures
States action
Supplies last word of line (the apple is on
the)
Counts three objects, pointing to each

2- 2 Years

Uses 200 intelligible words

Names six objects by use
Repeats two numbers correctly
Answers where questions
Answers what.doing questions
Answers what do you hear with?

actions

Recognizes one color

Uses 500 intelligible words

Answers six to seven agent/action questions
(what runs?)

Answers simple who, why, where, how

many questions (3 years)

Answers one of three questions (what do

3 - 4 Years

Comprehends 1,500 2,000 words

Knows front and back of clothes
Responds to commands involving three

2- 3 Years

4- 4 Years

Understands concept of the number three

(give me just three)

Knows between, above, below, top, bottom

Names one color (54 months)
Can recognize two to three primary colors

4- 5 Years

Comprehends 2500 to 2800 words

Answers two complex comprehension

(54 months)

Uses 1000 to 1500 words

Answers 13 agent + action questions
Can do simple verbal analogies (Daddy is

a man, Mommy is a ..)

Answers (responds appropriately) to how
much and how long (length of time)
questions not necessarily correctly
Tells two events in order of sequence
Long, detailed conversations
Repeats 12 to 13 syllable sentence one of
three trials
Can answer three of three questions (what
do you do when youre hungry/sleepy/
cold?)

Answers 14 agent + action questions

Responds appropriately not necessarily

correctly, to how far questions

Defines four words in terms of use
Counts four objects
Rote counts to 10
Repeats four digits in one of three trials
Uses what dodoesdid questions

From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman (Pro-Ed).

you do when youre hungry, sleepy or

cold?)
Can ask simple questions (whats that?)
Yes/No questions emerging (is he sleeping?)
Repeats sentence of sex to seven syllables
accurately

questions
Executes three commissions in sequence
Points to red, yellow, green, and blue on
request (60 months)
Knows heavy/light, loud/soft, like/unalike,
discriminates /long/short
Classifies according to form, color or use

Uses 1500 to 2000 words

Repeats two nonsense syllables
Answers simple when questions (when

do you sleep?)
Answers 15 agent + action questions
Responds appropriately to how often,
how long questions
Asks meaning of words
Tells long story accurately
Counts 10 objects
Can name first/middle/last
Identifies missing objects from group of
three
Repeats days of week in sequence

5- 6 Years

Comprehends 13,000 words (by age 6)

Can answer what happens if
Understands opposite of (the opposite of

hot is)
Differentiates am from pm
Understands yesterday/tomorrow, more/less,
Some/many, several/few, most/least,
before/after, now/later, across, a pair
Has number concepts of 10 (give me blocks)
Can point to a penny, nickel, quarter, dime
Points to half and whole
Knows right from left (by age 6)
Can shift classification classifies according
to shape, then color, shift in mental set

6 7 Years

Comprehends 20,000 to 26,000 words

Understands roughly the difference in time
intervals

Understands seasons of the year, what you

Counts 12 objects correctly

Recite (rote counts) numbers up to 30
Repeats four digits correctly
Names basic colors
Name five letters of alphabet (by age 6)
Can state similarities and differences of
objects
Describe location or movement: through,
away, from, toward, over
Names position of objects: first, second,
third
Names days of week in order

do in each
Prints phone numbers and own full name
with no model
Puts numerals 1-10 in proper sequential
order
Forms letters left to right reversals and
inversions common
Prints alphabet and numerals from
previously printed model
Writes one syllable words related to sight
vocabulary
Grasps the basic ideas of additions and
subtraction

States preceding and following numbers

and days of week

Is aware of mistakes in other peoples

speech
Apt to use slang and mild profanity
Can tell address, both street and number
Second emergence of question state (why)
Recites the alphabet sequentially names

capital letters; names lower case by 7;

matches upper to lower case

Sight reads 10 printed words

Names numerals 1-10

Tells time related to a specific daily

schedule
From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman (Pro-Ed).

Play Development Chart

0 - 3 Months

Long spells of staring vacantly at large

masses (windows, walls)

Hands predominately closed. No reaching to
grasp objects
If hand is touched, either clenches or opens
Reacts to paper or cloth on face
Raises head when prone
Will grasp object when placed in hand
Reaches for object but misses (3 months)

3 - 6 Months

Raises head and chest when prone

Puts objects in mouth
Watches hands
Plays actively when propped in play area

10-15 minutes
Looks intently at and shakes rattle
On visual cue, free hand comes towards
but doesnt grasp rattle.
Pays attention to cube on table
May detect a tiny pellet
Generally inspects surroundings
Smiles, fingers mirror image
Increases activity at sight of toy
Words for toy out of reach
Exploitative in string play
Head control established in midline
Bangs with object held in hand
Transfers object form one hand to another
Rolls over both ways

1 1 Years

Solitary or onlooker play self play

Continual walking activities
Begins running- still and awkward
Scribbles spontaneous with crayons
Can remove mittens, socks, hat, unzips zipper
Puts objects in and out of container
Can figure out ways of overcoming some
obstacles (opening doors, reaching high
places)
Imitates many things (sweeping, combing
hair self use)
Pulls toys, carries or hugs dolls, teddy bear
Very rapid shifts in attention especially
expressed by gross motor skills

6 9 Months

Grasps dangling objects

Explores toy with fingers and mouth
Hitching present
Will bounce when supported in standing
position
Sits without support
Uses pincer grasp to pick up small object
Drinks form cup
Eyes and hands function in close interaction
Imitates arm movements
Bangs spoon on table
Pull self to standing position
Craws on belly

with them

Talks to self as he/she plays

Little social give and take little interest in

Squeezes doll to make it squeak

Regards and pokes clapper of bell
(beginning cause/effect)

Deliberately drops toys and watches them

1 - 2 Years

Parallel play plays near others but not

9 12 Months

2- 2 Years

Parallel play predominates

Arranges doll furniture into meaningful
groups and uses doll figures to act out simple
themes from own experience
Aligns three or more cubes to make train;
pushes train
Builds tower of six to seven blocks
Imitates drawing of vertical line
Sequences related action in play such as
preparing food for doll, feeding it, wiping its
mouth

what others say or do but hugs, pushes,

pulls, snatches, grabs, defends rights by

pulling hair and kicking

Does not ask for help

Procrastinates

Strings beads

Transports blocks in a wagon rather than

just building

Relates action to object or another person

washes, feeds, combs doll in addition to

self
Likes to play with flexible materials such
as clay, pat, pinches, and fingers
Less rapid shifts in attention
From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman (Pro-Ed).

fall
Plays ball with another person
Still brings objects to mouth uses tongue
more
Puts objects in and takes them out of large
container (beginning awareness of in/out)
Places one block after another on table
(prerequisite to counting)
Responds to music
Holds crayon imitates scribble
Takes a few steps with help
Can bring one object momentarily above
another (emerging awareness of spatial
concept precedes block stacking)
Stack rings on pegs
Throw objects intentionally

2- 3 Years

Dramatization and imagination begin to

enter play (make believe and pretend)

Beginning interest in cooperative play

plays with others in small groups

Interest in combining play things
Is willing to wait his/her turn
Will put toys away with some supervision
Watches cartoons on TV
Names own drawing
Builds tower of nine blocks
Puts together four-part nesting toy
Stacks five or more rings on a peg in order
of size
Draws horizontal line in imitation
Imitates drawing a circle

3- 3 Years

Builds bridge from model

Cooperative play begins
Organizes doll furniture accurately and

begins to use in genuinely imaginative ways

Draws two or more strokes for a cross-on
imitation
Beginning to share
Reenacts experienced events such as birthday
party, baking cookies
Uses one object to represent another (stick =
phone or fence)

3 - 4 Years

Increase in dramatization of play

Complicated ideas but unable to carry out
in detail; no carryover from day to day

Prefers to play in group of two to three

children; chooses companion of own sex

Suggests turns, but often bossy in directing
others
Often silly in play and may do things
wrong purposely
Puts toys aware
Likes to dress up
Draws a human with two parts. Adds three
parts to incomplete human
Builds structures/buildings with blocks
Assumes the role of another person in play
(becomes a teacher, animal, parent)

5- 6 Years

Copies drawing of rectangle with diagonals

in middle
Copies drawing of diamond
Draws human with heck, fingers, clothes, and
two dimensional legs
Adds nine parts to incomplete human
May start collections
Able to play games by rules
Builds elaborate things with blocks
Plans many sequences of pretend event
uses props and language to develop a theme
(going on a trip into outer space)

4- 4 Years

Make cube gate from model

Identifies parts missing in two pictures
Shows off dramatically
Copies square
Much self-praise
Uses dolls and puppets to act out scripts
Good imaginative play

6 7 Years

Obsessive play interests mania for games,

funny books

Can s0pend hours at one activity

Plays alone better than at 6 years
Groups play similar to 6 year olds with less

ability to pretend and more to provide

necessary paraphernalia
Demands more realism
Doesnt branch out on many novel
adventures
Better at planning actions
Beginning of inventing and designing
Strong return to cutting out and coloring
Fond of table games
Predominant dramatization of experiences
and stories
Likes stunts: gymnastics, tumbling
From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman (Pro-Ed).

4- 5 Years

Likes cutting out and pasting

Likes working on projects may carry
over from day to day

Definite interest in finishing what he/she

starts
Plays in groups of two to five friendships
becoming stronger
Spurred on by rivalry in activity
competition
Interested in going on excursions
Draws unmistakable human with body,
arms, legs, feet, nose and eyes
Adds seven parts to incomplete human
Copies a triangle
Watches life situation programs on TV
gains information from verbal contents (60
months)

Syntax-Morphology Development Chart

0 3 Months
Note:

3 6 Months

1 1 Years

6 9 Months

50% of all utterances are nouns

Mean length of responses is one or
two words

1 - 2 Years

Follows directions using one or two

spatial concepts in/on
Negation used in form of no (no bed)
Possessive emerging (Daddy car)
Refers to self with pronoun and name
(me Tommy)

2- 2 Years

3- 3 Years

Beginning to use is at beginning of

questions
Third person singular present tense(s)
emerging (he runs)
Contracted forms of modals (wont,
cant)
Irregular plural forms emerging
(child/children)
Uses are with plural nouns (boys are
running)
Uses and as conjunction
Regular plural forms are consistent
Uses is, are, am in a sentence

33% of utterance are nouns

Combines two words into phrase
(approximately 2 years) in noun _+ verb
or noun + adjective format
Mean length of response is 1.8 words

3 - 4 Years

Possessive marker s consistent

Regular third person singular (-s) consistent
Simple past tense (t, d) consistent

Articles a and the appear in sentences

Present progressive ing on verbal
Regular plural forms emerging (cat-cats)
Uses in/on correctly
Irregular past tense emerging
Uses come contractions in memorized form
(dont, cant, its, thats)
Appropriate use of at least two pronouns
Asks basic questions (Daddy gone?)
Understands concept of first and second
person pronouns (I, you)

25% of utterance are nouns, 25% verbs

Combines three to four words in subject +
verb + object format

Mean length of response if 3.1 words

2- 3 Years

Auxiliary is/am + ing (girl is running)

Regular past tense verbs appear (walk/walked)
Uses s for possession (Daddys car)
Uses pronouns I, me, you, mine (he, she, and
it emerging)
Negative not emerging
Uses contracted form of is (hes running)
Adverbs of location emerging (here, there)
Begins to use do, can and will (emerging future
tense)
Uses imperatives (commands: go get it, dont)
Understands est adjective marker (biggest)
Comprehends third person pronouns (he, she)
20% nouns, 25% verbs
Mean length of response is 3.4 words
Infinitive complement (I want to play) emerging

4- 4 Years

If and so appear in sentences

Irregular plurals used fairly consistently
(child/children)
Our, they, and their used consistently
Uses could and would in sentences
Errors of noun/verb and adjective/noun
agreement are frequent

(walk/walked)
Present progressive is + ing consistent

Contractions used consistently

Uses negative not consistently

Pronouns: he, she, I you, me, mine

consistent
Are, they, their used inconsistently

Reflexive pronoun myself emerging

More adverbs of time/manner are being

used
Conjunction because emerging
Uses got (I got it)
What was, what were, questions emerging
Waswere (yes/no questions) emerging
(was he there?)
From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman (Pro-Ed).

9 12 Months

Due to the highly variable nature of syntactic and morphological development and due to the lack of sufficient research in the area, the age levels listed are approximations of when
certain forms and constructions may appear

4- 5 Years

Possessive pronouns his, her emerge

Uses will to form future tense
Fewer errors in agreement between
adjective/noun

Reflexive pronouns becoming more consistent

Comparative (er) emerging (bigger)

3- 3 Years

Mean length of responses is 4.3 words

Combines four to five words in sentences
Uses compound sentence with and

3 - 4 Years

5- 6 Years
All pronouns used consistently
Superlative (est) used (biggest)
Adverbial word endings emerging
(slowly, faster)

Mean length of response is 4.6 words

Combines four to seven words in sentences
Passive voice emerging in some children

4- 5 Years

Mean length of response is 5.7 words

Combines five to eight words in sentences

(the dog was kicked by the boy)

6 7 Years

Fairly consistent use of most

Mean length of response is 6.6 words

Syntax nearly normal

Mean length of response is 4.4 words

Combines four to five words in sentences
Complex sentences used frequently
Imperatives and emphatics used
consistently
Part of speech now in stable relationship

4- 4 Years

morphological markers
If and so developed by most children
Reflexive pronouns developed by most
children
Irregular comparatives used more correctly
(good, better, best)
Perfect tense have and had emerging
Nominalization occurring: noun forms are
developed from verb forms
Continued improvement on irregular
plurals
Iteration emerging (you have to clean
clothes to make them clean)
Participial complements emerging

Mean length of response is 7.3 words

Passive voice fully developed in most
children

Continued refinement of syntax

From: Speech and Language Development Chart

(2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim
Gorman (Pro-Ed).

Pragmatics Development Chart

0 3 Months

Briefly looks at people

Follows moving person with eyes
Quiets in response to sound (responds more

readily to speech than non-speech sounds

Smiles/coos in responses to another
smile/voice (1-4 months)
Excites when caregiver approaches (1-4
months)
Aware of strangers and unfamiliar situations
(1-4 months)
Cries differently when tired, hungry, in pain
(1-4 months)
Quiets when picked up

3 6 Months

Fixes gaze on face

Responds to name by looking for voice
source (4-8 months)

Regularly localizes sound source/speaker

Occasionally vocalizes in response to
speech

6 9 Months

9 12 Months

Initiates vocalizing to another person

Enjoys being played with (4-8 months)
Different vocalizations for different states:

anger, contentment, hunger (4-8 months)

Recognizes familiar people
Cries when parent leaves room (9 months)
Imitates familiar sound and actions

Shouts or coughs to attract attention

Shakes head no and pushes undesired
objects away

Waves bye
Affectionate to familiar people
Begins directing others behavior physically

1 1 Years

Brings object to show an adult

Request objects by pointing and vocalizing or

1 - 2 Years

Uses single words or short phrases to

(pat, pulls, tugs on adult)

Extends arms to be picked up
Moves away from a stranger
Participates in pat-a-cake, peek-a-boo,
so-big
Begins to vary behavior according to
emotional reactions of others repeats
actions that are laughed at
Reaches to request an object
Imitates novel sounds/actions

2- 3 Years

Engages in short dialogues

Verbally introduces and changes topic of discussion
Expresses emotion
Begins using language in imaginative ways
Begins providing descriptive details to facilitate comprehension
Uses attention getting words such as hey
Clarifies and request clarification
Prenarrative development begins with heaps and sequences:
heaps collections of unrelated ideas
sequences story elements linked by perceptual bonds

express the intentions listed at 1-1 year

level
possibly using a word approximation

Names objects in front of others

Solicits anothers attention vocally,
Says whats that? to elicit attention
physically, possibly with a word (Mommy)
Gesturally requests action/assistance (may
Begins using single words and two word
give back wind-up toy to request activation)
phrases to command (move), indicate
possession (mine), express problems (owee)
Says bye and possibly a few other
Much verbal turn-taking
conversational ritual words such as hi,
thank you, and please
Protests by saying no shaking head,
moving away, frowning, or pushing object
away
Comments on object/action by directing
listeners attention to it with a point and
vocalization or word approximation
Answers simple wh questions with vocal
response (may be unintelligible)
Acknowledges speech of another by giving
eye contact, vocally responding, or repeating
a word said
Teases, scolds, warns using gesture plus a
vocalization or word approximation
From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman (Pro-Ed).

3- 4 Years

Engages in longer dialogues

Assumes the role of another person in play
Uses more fillers to acknowledge partners
message (un-huh, yeah, OK)

Begins code switching (using simpler

4 - 5 Years

Uses indirect requests

Correctly uses deictic terms such as this,

that, here, there

Uses twice as many effective utterances as 3
year old to discuss emotions and feelings
Narrative development characterized by
unfocused chains stories have sequence of
events but no central character or theme

5 6 Years

Narrative development characterized by

focused chains stories have central

character with logical sequence of events,
but ending is unclear
Gives threats and insults
Issues promises
May give praise

language) when talking to very young

children
Uses more elliptical responses
Requests permission
Begins using language for fantasies, jokes,
teasing
Makes conversational repairs when listener
has not understood
Correct others
Primitive narratives emerge: events follow
from central core/use of inference in stories
From: Speech and Language Development Chart (2nd Ed.) by Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, and Jim Gorman (Pro-Ed).

6 7 Years

True narratives well developed plot and

character with sequenced events