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0-2 Months (Form: Phonology)
Fabio makes a number of reflexive sounds, including burping, fussing, and sneezing. There is no intention behind these predominantly reactive utterances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXDKTx-n3Fg -
0-2 Months (Content)
Fabio visually attends to sound sources - for example, he turns his head when he hears his parents speak. He also startles when confronted with loud sounds, like when the family dog barks. -
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Infancy
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0-2 Months (Use)
Aware of strangers and unfamiliar situations. Briefly looks at people. For example, Fabio does not maintain eye contact when older adults get too close to his face. He also starts to cry when being passed around too much. -
2 Months (Form: Phonology)
At two months, Fabio has begun producing consonant-like sounds combined with vowel-like sounds. These are not true phonemes but are an important step to creating intentional VC and CV utterances. Examples of his current noises are "gaaa" and "uuuun". -
4 Months (Content)
Fabio understands the difference between an accidental and intentional action; when his mother dropped a plate the other day and looked surprised, he understood that she did not mean to let it fall. He also is beginning to form perceptual categories. For instance, he knows that people, animals, and vehicles are all different from each other. -
5 Months (Form: Phonology)
At 5 months, Fabio's utterances have progressed from unclear, vowel and consonant-like vocalizations to crisp CV syllables like "ka" and "boo". -
7 Months (Form: Phonology)
At the seven month mark, Fabio Chao has progressed from single CV syllables to reduplicated babbling. He frequently repeats the same noises in a continuous stream - for example, "ga ga ga". -
8-10 Months (Use)
Begins to use intentional communication. Has the following preverbal language functions: attention seeking, requesting, greeting, transferring, protesting or rejecting, responding or acknowledging, and informing. For example, Fabio showed signs of grunting and anger when he was not fed on time.
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11-12 Months (Use)
Uses imperative pointing. Utters first true word. For instance, Fabio points to crackers after seeing his older sibling eating it. -
11 Months (Form: Phonology)
Fabio's experimenting with phonemes has increasingly grown more complex. He now produces complex VC syllable forms like "ub", VCV forms like "inu", and blends like the CCV "sna" -
11 Months (Content)
At this early stage in his life, Fabio understands 5-10 common words in his household, including no, bed, Papa, Mama, and binkie. He also understands the concept that one's actions being a means to a goal. For example, when his father breaks into a run, he does this because he needs to get somewhere faster. -
12 Months (Content)
Around the twelve month mark, Fabio has spoken his first true word. He now uses "Papa" to refer to his father. In the upcoming months, additional words will follow. -
12- 16 Months (Form: Phonology)
Pronounces 25% of words intelligibly. Fabio is starting to change syllables in words. He says "wa- wa" instead of water. -
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Toddler
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15 Months (Content)
Fabio's vocabulary has expanded to six words that are commonly used in his house, although he receptively understands much more that what he can express. His current vocabulary consists of the words Papa, Mama, no, bed, shoe, and "tak", which his what he says instead of "cat". -
19-24 Months (Morphology)
At this point, Fabio has reached his 50 word mark and produces utterances of single nouns. For example, Fabio is able to see a dog and say "dog is barking" -
20- 24 Months (Form: Phonology)
Fabio starts to ask questions with rising intonation. (Rising intonation is when the pitch of the voice is higher). Fabio says "Goodbye!" -
21 Months (Content)
Fabio's expressive vocabulary has swollen to approximately 50 words. In addition to nouns, he now uses some verbs like "jump" and "eat". He is also beginning to use adjectives to describe things like "big" and "fast". -
20 Months (Use)
Uses gesture-word combination
Uses two-gesture combination.
For instance, Fabio states "I want the (points to the apple)" as a gesture-word combination command. -
24 months (Syntax)
Fabio demonstrates syntax, and show word oder. Example includes "Mommy see! Mommy see!" He realizes that combing words is effective to get attention. -
28 Months (Content)
Although Fabio pays close attention to sentence structure when interpreting new words, he still overgeneralizes about one in every three words that he learns. Exhibiting categorical overextension, he uses "truck" for everything that has wheels, including cars, buses, and bicycles. He also uses relational over-extension for words that are thematically related. For instance, he knows he eats with a fork, which is also what he calls spoons, plates, and the silverware drawer. -
28- 32 Months (Form: Phonology)
Fabio demonstrates final consonant omission. He says " I see a ca." (cat) -
31 Months (Morphology)
Fabio starts to learn grammatical morphemes such as possessives. He recognizes that some things belong to others. He can say things such as "Mommy's car" when he's playing outside. -
34 Months (Use)
Clarifies and requests clarification during a conversation. For example: When Fabio's mother talks about separating the colors in the laundry, Fabio questions why she separates the colors. -
36 Months (Form: Phonology)
Fabio pronounces about 80% of all word intelligibly. He says, "I want water." Fabio improved from the 12 months by saying the whole word water. -
36 Months (Syntax)
Around 36 months of age, Fabio also starts to understand articles and applying them to words. He begins to say things like "He goed" He shows understanding of the rules by adding the past tense -ed at the end, instead of saying "went". -
34 Months (Content)
Fabio comprehends almost 1,000 words now, and he is able to produce about half of that. He also asks simple questions like "Where Papa?" and "Why?" -
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Preschool
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40 Months (Content)
Fabio comprehends about 30% more of the 1000-1500 words he uses at this point. He is also beginning to understand some relational terms - for example, he can identify whether something is smooth or rough. -
44 Months (Use)
Understands indirect requests accompanied by nonverbal pointing. For example, Fabio points to the door while saying "Somone rang the doorbell." After stating this, Fabio informed his parents to get the door. -
44 Months (Content)
Fabio understands the general meaning of some kinship terms. He learned his immediate family first, and can readily identify that someone is Papa, Mama, or brother. He has a less strong grasp on those who he sees less often, such as great-grandma and uncle. -
44 Months (Morphology)
Uses articles. Uses past tense and contraction consistently. Around this stage, Fabio starts to grasp on contractions. An example of an auxiliary contraction is Fabio pointing to a boy and say "He's playing". -
48 Months (Content)
Fabio still overgeneralizes some words, but at this stage of development, he does it based on perceived function rather than appearance. For instance, when presented with a wrench, he named invented the name "twister", and a wrecking ball was given the name "smasher". -
52 Months (Use)
Uses indirect requests. For instance, Fabio states "I need a fork" instead of "Can I have a fork" during dinner. -
52 Months (Morphology)
Uses subordination and coordination in sentences. Uses irregular plural forms consistently. For example, when Fabio comes home from school he tells his mom "I am the cool kid on the playground but no one wants to play with me." -
58 Months (Use)
Uses narrative with a sequence of events but no main character or theme. For example, Fabio comes home from day car and states "Today a dragon came and ate my friends, my friends ran out to shoot the dragon but they got ate." -
58 Months (Content)
Fabio's ability to produce and comprehend words continues to grow. He uses 1,500 to 2,000, and understands 2,500 to 2,800. He also is beginning to use deistic terms correctly. For instance, when his family was driving home, he told his parents "We're almost there!" He also requested a toy from his classmate across the room, saying, "Can you bring that dinosaur here please?" -
58 Months (Syntax)
Combines five to eight words in sentences. Fabio tells his friend "My mom is the coolest mom of all moms!"
