Normal Speech/Language Development   
From Age 2 1/2 to 3 Years

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

Language Comprehension

Language Expression

Speech

-identifies objects by use (what do we cut with?)

-understands prepositions "in, out, on, off "

-understands some descriptive words "big, little, wet, dirty, fast, slow/'

-uses 3 and 4 word sentences by age 3

-has vocabulary of at least 200-300 words

-uses words like "because", "or", "if"

-asks simple questions

-uses possessives

-uses negatives "won't, can't, don't"

-uses "p,b,m,n,w,h,f,ng,y,k,g,t,d"