Thursday, September 16, 2021 |
By 36 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 communication development, please contact us or come to a drop-in to meet with a Speech-Language Pathologist.
By 36 months of age, most children will:
- understand "who", "what", "where" and "why" questions
- create long sentences (e.g. using 5 to 8 words)
- talk about past events (e.g. trip to Grandparents' house, day at childcare)
- tell simple stories
- show affection for favourite playmates
- engage in multi-step pretend play (e.g. pretending to cook a meal, repair a car, etc.)
- be understood by most people outside of the family most of the time
- be aware of the function of print (e.g. in menus, lists, signs)
- show a beginning interest in, and awareness of, rhyming
