Thursday, September 16, 2021 |
By 18 months
The skills listed below mark children's progress as they learn to communicate and gain speech and language abilities. If your child is not meeting one or more of these milestones or if you have concerns about your child's communication development, please contact us or come to a drop-in to meet with a Speech-Language Pathologist.
By 18 months of age, most children will:
- understand the concepts of "in & out", "off & on"
- point to several body parts when asked
- use at least 20 words consistently
- respond with words or gestures to simple questions (e.g. "Where's teddy?", "What's that?")
- demonstrate some pretend play with toys (e.g. gives teddy a drink, pretends a bowl is a hat)
- make at least 4 different consonant sounds (e.g. p, b, m, n, d, g, w, h)
- enjoy being read to
- point to pictures using one finger
