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Form/Syntax: 36 Months
A Form/ Syntactic milestone for a preschooler at 36 months is that they use compound sentences with the word “and”. An example of this would be “Ashley is my friend and she is a girl.” -
Form/Phonology: 36 Months
A Form/ Phonological milestone for a preschooler at 36 months would be that the child begins to develop shallow phonological awareness abilities such as being able to segment sentences into words or multisyllabic words into syllables. An example would be when the child is successfully able to separate the syllables in the word “cat” such as /k/ /ae/ /t/. -
Content: 36 months
During the 36 month period, new words are being expressed and toddlers start using pronouns. Toddler will use pronouns such as they, them, us. For example, the toddler can say “they over there”. -
Use (Pragmatics)
At 48 months, the preschooler should be able to use interpretive, logical, participatory, and organizing Functions when having a conversation. This just means their conversation with someone else should make more sense and not seem all over the place all the time. -
Use (Pragmatics)
At 36 months, the child begins to take part in longer dialogues. For example, the child could be having a conversation with someone about their pet and keep the conversation going by telling their favorite things about the pet. -
Form/Phonology: 40 months
A Form/Phonology milestone for a preschooler at the age of 40 months is for the child to continue to refine articulatory skills. With that being said, the child will be able to grow their speech while speaking in a clear tone with proper pronunciation and grammar. An example of this would be “Throw the ball.” Or “I see a horse.” As they get older and refine their skills, the sentences will become longer. -
Form/Morphology: 40 Months
A Form/ Morphological milestone for a preschool child at 40 months would be the use of adverbs of time. An example of this would be when a child says “mommy always reads to me.” -
Content: 40 months
At 40 months the preschool aged toddler is still comprehending more words. They start to correlate terms with how an object is soft or hard. For example, a child tells mom that her stuffed bunny is soft. -
Use (Pragmatics)
Around 40 months, the child now uses primitive narratives. So they might say something like “Julie ran and fell”. -
Use (Pragmatics)
Around 52 months, the child will now make indirect requests themselves. For example, they might say “Can I have some ice” and point at the freezer. -
Form/Phonology: 44 months
A Form/Phonology milestone for a preschooler at the age of 44 months is mastering most consonants. Examples of this include: “Cheese,” “Shower,” “Three,” “Spoon,” and “Ball.” -
Form/Morphology: 44 Months
A Form/ Morphological milestone for a preschool age child at 44 months would be consistent use of contractions. An example for this would be when the child says “Mary’s my best friend.” instead of saying “Mary is my best friend.” -
Content: 44 months
At another 4 months growth spurt, 44 months the child starts using kinship terms. For example, the child will say “my cousins”. -
Use (Pragmatics)
During the 56-60 month period, the child uses narrative with a sequence of events but no main character or theme. They will tell a story based on their own thoughts and feelings. They might say “There was a boy and he was playing with my favorite spider man toy and then I had a girl in my class who was playing with a doll, but I don’t like dolls.” -
Use (Pragmatics)
At 44 months the preschooler now understands indirect requests. For example, mom might ask them to get a toy and point at it and the child should be able to understand what she’s asking for -
Form/Morphology: 48 months
A Form/Morphology milestone for a preschooler at the age of 48 months is using irregular third person verbs. An example of this would be “She has so many Barbie’s.” -
Form/Phonology: 48 Months
A Form/Phonological milestone for a preschooler at 48 months is that there is a significant decrease of use of phonological processes such as final consonant deletion. An example of this would be when the child begins to say “cup” instead of “cu”. -
Content: 48 months
When the child at 48 months uses reflexive pronouns like himself, myself and herself. For example, the child tells mom “I did it myself”. -
Form/Morphology: 52 months
A Form/Morphology milestone for a preschooler at the age of 52 months is using irregular plural forms consistently. An example of this includes “The leaves are falling off the tree.” -
Content: 52 months
The preschool aged child at 52 months starts asking more questions starting with what do, what does and what did. For example the child may ask a question about a toy, “what does it do?”. -
Form/Phonology: 54 months
A Form/Phonology milestone for a preschooler at the age of 54 months is very intelligible connected speech. With that being said, the child will be able to be understood when speaking with no errors present. An example of this is “The cat was chased by the dog.” -
Content: 56-60 months
The child is still expanding their vocabulary and also comprehending it. This happens during the 56-60 month period. They also use words such as this, that here. For example, “my juice is here” -
Form/Morphology: 58 months
A Form/Morphology milestone for a preschooler at the age of 58 months is combining five to eight words in a sentence. An example sentence is “I told mommy that I am hungry.” -
Form/Phonology: 58 Months
A Form/ Phonological milestone for a preschooler at 58 months would be possible persisting phonological processes such as liquid gliding. An example of this would be when the child replaces the liquid consonant in the word “look” with a glide consonant, such as /w/ to pronounce the word “wook” instead of “look.
