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Milestone: Playing with Language
Infants begin by listening to voices, and then when they get a little older they begin to find their own sounds. They begin to create sounds like cooing. Many infants are able to say a couple words by the age of one.

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Milestone: Communication with infants
Talking to babies will help them begin development with literacy. You can begin by talking to them often, or even reading books to them. They aren't going to understand the book, but they can listen to your words. They are also able to look at the images and grasp the book or other items.

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Milestone: Articulation
Between 0-6 months, infants begin to coo, gurgle, cry, and say simple sounds like da da, ma ma to show emotions. They cry to show that they are in need of something that they are unable to speak. They coo and gurgle to show they are content. 3-6 months they babble with sounds. They also understand simple words. 6-12 months they are repetitive with sounds. They mostly use gestures to articulate their wants.

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Milestone: Listening
-  Children begin listening in the womb and are able to hear voices especially the mothers
- Children are creating a relationships and begin listening.

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Language
Infants are able to differentiate familiar voices. They know their mother and fathers voices and main caregivers. Infants are able to show facial expressions and smile. By the age of one they understand words like bye bye. They look when being talked to and respond with facial expressions.

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Milestone: Experimenting with Language
Between the ages of 1-2 the children interact by dancing and attempt to sing songs. They learn many words during this year. They begin with not knowing more than a couple words, and enter 2 year old life knowing 150-300 words. Many children learn the words from what their caregivers say, or teach, or words from songs.

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Milestone: Books and Writing
They are very very interested in having someone read them books and interested in looking at pictures on their own. They are also very involved in the book. They attempt to say words and act out what they see happening in the book. Their fine motor skills are still being developed, so they can scribble at this time.

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Milestone: Articulation
15 months they are able to speak a small amount of words. They are very vocal and use hand gestures to get their point across. 1-2 years old they create their own words and put words together with different consonants. They begin to put two words together and ask two worded questions, or phrases.

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Milestone: Listening
- Children are just getting curious and listen to everything.

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Language
They are very repetitive and learning new words everyday. They experiment with words/ sounds and putting words together. They imitate words they hear.  During this age they respond to simple phrases. They understand most of the simple words and directions adults say. They begin to gain knowledge about parts of their body, animals, and colors.

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Milestone: Development
During this time the children are beginning to create sentences. They are developing using words to explain themselves instead of pointing or being emotional. They need to be reminded to use their words often. They still love to dance and get involved with literature. They also love the same books repeated especially their favorite ones.

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Milestone: Literature and writing
They are able to focus on a book and can see what the characters are doing in the book. They notice many things in the images and point them out. This age child can't write but can still scribble. They enjoy and can focus a little longer while coloring and doing fine motor movements.

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Milestone: Articulation
Children this age being to ask lots of one worded questions. They are able to speak most words, but have difficulty pronouncing r, ck, t, y, etc. These toddlers are able to say plurals and singulars, but often get them confused and use them wrong.

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Milestone: Listening/Rhymes
- Children are listening and hear rhymes, but don't quite understand what a rhyme is.
- Children begin to sing along with songs and begin rhyming though songs.

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Language/Knowledge
Children can understand most of the word adults say and understand what adults are telling them. They repeat and continue to learn words. They are able to speak sentences with 3 or more words. They are knowledgeable about naming objects. They are beginning to learn counting and the ABC's.

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Milestone: Awareness Exploration
The children are able to speak simple sentences and explain what they want. They do more talking than pointing. They love to be read to. Over and over the same book. They are developing favorites.

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Milestone: Books and Writing
They know how to hold and handle a book. Most of them understand the correct way to read the book, but most can't read yet. This age can retell stories in their own ways. They are recognizing letters of the alphabet as well as their names and other common words.

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Milestone: Articulation
The speaking abilities become more clear and easier to understand. Talking and pronouncing word becomes easier. At this age they are able to speak larger phrases and sentences. With 4 or more words. Are able to discuss their experiences throughout the day.

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Milestone: Rhymes!
- Children begin to understand rhymes.
- They begin to understand words that sound the same.

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Language
At this age children understand directions, and meanings behind songs, some tv shows, and some books. They are able to be imaginative and talk to peers. Children begin to have discussions with parents, peers, adults.

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Milestone: Recognition
Children begin to recognize the letters in their name. They begin to recognize words that rhyme and notice signs and labels that are familiar. They are also able to retell stories in their own words for stories they have heard before.

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Milestone: Writing
This age child can hold the writing utensils correctly, but might still struggle with writing letters or anything readable. Can't write words yet, but can write some letters.

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Milestone: Articulation
Children ask many questions at this age. They are able to speak more complex sentences. They are able to pronounce most letter sounds correctly. With exceptions being long more complex words. Children can tell stories and answer questions.

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Milestone: Syllables!
- Children begin to understand that words are able to be broken apart and have syllables.

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Milestone: Language
At this age they begin to think about some cause and effect. They are able to know some of the effects of their actions. They are learning spatial concepts, and itemizing objects.

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Milestone: Speech
Can speak about 2600 words but know about 20,000 words. Can speak with complexity and speaking complete sentences. Is understood by anyone. Is able to listen to focus on listening to books. They are able to read familiar books. Knows how to read the book from left to right, up to down, ect. Understands and notices the letters of the alphabet.

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Milestone: Writing
The typical child this age knows how to write their name, and some letters of the alphabet. They know the difference between an adults writing and a child's writing. Typically holds writing utensils correctly.

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Milestone: Articulation
Able to speak compound and complex sentences. By this age they are able to carry on conversations and be able to speak, but have incorrect grammar. The voice sound still sounds childish. This age they are able to say most sounds.

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Milestone: Sentence Segmentation!
- Children begin to understand that words can be put together to create a sentence.
- Children create their own sentences.

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Language
At this age they should be lengthening their knowledge about understanding. They have opinions and are able to talk about their opinions. They are learning the correct pronouns.

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Milestone: Reading
It is a goal that children can read simple books without help by the end of first grade. Children can read and use pictures to discover what a word is. They can comprehend what is happening in the story when looking at the pictures.

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Milestone: Writing
This age child can write, so some people can read it. They can write simple sentences. They use common punctuation and begin using capitalization.

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Milestone: Articulation
The next milestone is being able to pronounce p, b, m, h, n, w, d, k, g, d, f, y, t, ng sounds correctly.

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Milestone: Onset and rime!
- Children begin to change one letter at a time to create a different word with a different meaning.

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Language and understanding concepts
They are able to understand opposites, be able to compare big, medium, small. They use descriptive words to describe their feelings and answers to questions.

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Milestone: Length of books
This is second grade age level. They begin to read longer books independently. They can use expressions while reading books out loud. They understand the concepts of many books. Can use images and the sentence to figure out a challenging word.

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Milestone: Writing and words
Children learn and use many new words that they have heard or read. The take information they learn and use it. They can write and draw to create their own stories. They can spell many words correctly and write notes. 'They understand humor in text as well as understanding why paragraphs are used and begin to use them in their own work.

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Milestone: Articulation
Children should consistently be able to pronounce the sound r, l, ch, sh, j, s, z, v, zh to reach this milestone.

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Milestone: Phonemic Awareness
- Creating new words by taking one letter away, or adding another letter.
- Children are able to take away one letter and create a new word.

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Language and understanding
At this age they continue to learn about using pronouns correctly, as well as past and present tenses. This age understands sight words and is working on spelling and is practicing reading words.

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https://letstalkcambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/Literacy-Development-Milestones-new-logo1.pdf
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/Pages/Developmental-Milestones-of-Early-Literacy.aspx
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/signs-symptoms/age-by-age-learning-skills/reading-skills-what-to-expect-at-different-ages
https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/milestones.html

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https://www.srsdeaf.org/Downloads/SpeechLanguage_Development_Chart.pdf
https://sltforkids.co.uk/ages-and-stages-developmental-milestones/phonological-milestones/
https://childdevelopment.com.au/resources/child-development-charts/phonological-sound-awareness-developmental-chart-2/
https://buildingrti.utexas.org/videos/phonological-awareness-five-levels-of-phonological-awareness

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https://kimpediatrics.com/language-and-speech-development-from-birth-to-8-years-old/
https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/speech-and-language
https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=age-appropriate-speech-and-language-milestones-90-P02170
https://www.speechandlanguagekids.com/what-speech-and-language-skills-should-my-8-year-old-have/