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Baby makes vowel-like sounds and noises called cooing.
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Baby starts to babble, adding consonants to the vowel sounds.
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Infant uses gestures like pointing to convey a message such as they want a toy.
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Infant says their first word.
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The child's vocabulary increases from 50 words to 200 words and can combine two words to convey meaning.
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When they hear new words, they repeat them and try to find the right context to use them in.
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Start using simple sentences with a subject-verb-object order.
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Children assign labels to objects.
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Children adapt their language to social expectation.
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The child has learned around 10,000 new words.
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Children sounds out the letters to form words.
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Children can be given the definition of a word and add it to their vocabulary.
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Children become better at their communication between their peers and with teachers.
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Children learn more complex grammar structures and can tell stories.