Normal Speech/Language Development   
From Age 18 - 24 Months

Speech and language milestones are divided into three areas: language comprehension, language expression and speech.

    Language Comprehension

Language Expression

Speech

-points to 3-5 body parts on self when named

-follows simple directions without cues/gestures

-has a vocabulary of more than 20 words

-refers to self by name

-uses pronouns (me, my, mine)

- produces strings of single word utterances ("daddy", "up") and begins to use 2 word utterances ("more juice", "no sleep")

-speech is at least 50% intelligible.

-"p, b, m, n, w, h, k, g"