Language Development

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    One month

    The child cries to communicate that he/she is uncomfortable
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    Six months

    The child is now learning to vocalize pleasures and displeasures
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    Nine months

    The child is now responding to 1 or 2 words other than his/her name
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    13 to 18 months

    The child now know to vocalize up and down
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    24 months

    The child now is able to form short sentences with a vocabulary of about 300 words.
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    Three years

    The child now is able to repeat common rhymes
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    Four years

    The child is now able to ask the "W" questions (what, where, why,when)
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    5 years

    Child now speaks in complete sentences that have up to 6 words
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    7 years

    Child is now able to read and write
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    13 to 18 years

    Child is now able understand high level of comprehension and vocabulary