Timeline of children's SLC development by https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97 en-us 2022-03-29 15:59:47 UTC 2022-05-10 11:23:33 UTC hello@padlet.com birth - 6 months beckyyhawkes https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2144830051
  • Turn towards a sound when they hear it
  • Be startled by loud noises
  • Watch your face when you talk to them
  • Recognise your voice
  • Smile and laugh when other people smile and laugh
  • Make sounds to themselves, like cooing, gurgling and babbling
  • Make noises, like coos or squeals, to get your attention

    • ]]>     2022-04-15 11:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2144830051     6-12 months beckyyhawkes https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2144830711
  • Babble strings of sounds, like ‘no-no’ and ‘go-go’
  • Make noises, point and look at you to get your attention
  • Smile at people who are smiling at them
  • Start to understand words like 'bye-bye' and 'up' especially when a gesture is used at the same time
  • Recognise the names of familiar objects, things like ‘car’ and ‘daddy’
  • Enjoy action songs and rhymes and get excited when sung to

    • ]]>     2022-04-15 11:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2144830711     12-18 months beckyyhawkes https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2145468054
  • Enjoy listening to music and singing, and sometimes move their body to ‘dance’ along to music
  • Enjoy looking at simple picture books together with an adult
  • Understand many more words than they can say, including the names of everyday objects like furniture, clothing and body parts
  • Understand some simple questions and instructions like ‘where’s teddy?’ and ‘kiss Mummy’
  • Say up to 20 single words (such as ‘cup’, ‘daddy’, ‘dog’) to ask for things or to comment on what they see, even though they may not be very clear yet

    • ]]>     2022-04-16 12:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2145468054     18-24 months beckyyhawkes https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2145468399
  • Use 50 or more single words. These will also become more recognisable to others
  • Start to put short sentences together with 2-3 words, such as ‘more juice’ or ‘bye nanny’.
  • Enjoy pretend play with their toys, such as feeding dolly
  • Use a more limited number of sounds in their words than adults – often these sounds are p, b, t, d, m and w.

    • ]]>     2022-04-16 12:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2145468399     2-3 years beckyyhawkes https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2145468915
  • Use up to 300 words
  • Put 4 or 5 words together to make short sentences, such as 'want more juice' or ‘he took my ball’
  • Ask lots of questions. They will want to find out the name of things and learn new words
  • Use action words such as ‘run’ and ‘fall’ as well as words for the names of things,
  • Start to use simple plurals by adding ‘s’, for example ‘shoes’ or ‘cars’
  • Use a wider range of speech sounds. However, many children will shorten longer words, such as saying ‘nana’ instead of ‘banana’. They may also have difficulty where lots of sounds happen together in a word, e.g. they may say ‘pider’ instead of 'spider'

    • ]]>     2022-04-16 12:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2145468915     3-4 years beckyyhawkes https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2145469587
  • Use longer sentences and link sentences together
  • Describe events that have already happened, even if their sentences aren’t exactly like adults’ e.g. 'we went park'
  • Enjoy make-believe play
  • Start to like simple jokes even if they don’t understand them
  • Ask many questions using words like ‘what’ ‘where’ and ‘why’

    • ]]>     2022-04-16 12:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2145469587     4-5 years beckyyhawkes https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2166791707 2022-05-02 13:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beckyyhawkes/b7g20y0ntfxcbz97/wish/2166791707