Stages of Language Learning Development

By Toni Klos

  • At 2 Months

    Infants begin cooing - making vowel sounds

  • 4 Months till 6 months

    Infants love turn-taking games like peekaboo.

  • 6 - 7 Months

    Sounds of their language, consonants and syllables get added to the babbling. Infants begin to comprehend words they hear the most.

  • 8–12 Months

    Caregiver talks to infant about what he/she sees. Infants plays turn-taking games and use showing and pointing to communicate.

  • 12 Months

    Babbling includes sound patterns Speed and accuracy of word comprehension increases. Toddlers say their first word.

  • 18–24 Months

    Spoken vocabulary expands from 50 to up to 250 words.
    Toddlers can combine two words

  • 2 -3 Years Old

    At 2 years vocabulary is 250-300 words
    Begins with 2 to 3 word sentences
    At 3 years uses 1000 words

  • 3 - 4 Years Old

    Understands longer sentences and can tell what they are doing and the function of objects.

  • 4 - 5 Years Old

    Vocabulary is expanding and they begin to understand color and shape and begin to sort objects in categories like plant, animal etc.

  • 5 - 6 Years Old

    Vocabulary is bigger and they use more compound sentences. They play make believe and can tell you more characteristics of an object.

  • 6 - 7 Years Old

    They can write paragraphs and stories and describe things by texture.

  • 7 to 8 Years Old

    Can express their opinion and retell events. They uses appropriate grammar in speech and writing.

  • 8 - 10 Years Old

    Read fluently, understanding the reading, make comparisons, understand cause and effect, and can describe things in detail.

  • 10 -12 Years Old

    Speak fluently, can organize, plan, and summarize effectively. Writing is more in depth. They can form their own opinions and are social.