Thursday, October 1, 2020 |
By 30 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 30 months of age, most children will:
- understand the concepts of size (big/little) and quantity (a little/a lot, more)
- use some adult grammar (e.g. "two cookies", "bird flying", "I jumped")
- use over 350 words
- use action words (e.g. run, spill, fall)
- begin taking short turns with peers, using both words and toys
- demonstrate concern when another child is hurt/sad
- combine several actions in play (e.g. feeds doll and then puts her to sleep, puts blocks in train then drives train, drops blocks off)
- put sounds at the start of most words
- produce words with two or more syllables or beats (e.g. "ba-na-na", "com-pu-ter", "a-pple")
- recognize familiar logos and signs involving print (e.g. golden arches of McDonalds, "Stop" sign)
- remember and understand familiar stories
