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12- 16 months (FORM)
PHONOLOGY: Elijah still sounds unintelligible during most of his speech. Instead of "dada" he says "gaga", but can say "mama" clearly.
SYNTAX AND MORPHOLOGY: When Elijah is talking about something, he uses single nouns such as "pup" or "car". -
12- 16 Months (USE)
Elijah uses referential gestures when he wants something. When he is thirsty he points to his bottle and when he is hungry he points toward the pantry. -
12- 16 months (CONTENT)
Semantics: Elijah begins to say something along the sound of "al" as him and his mom play with the toy with balls he repeats this sound as he picks up the balls and places them to roll down the toy. -
16-20 Months (FORM)
PHONOLOGY: Elijah now calls his mother "mommy", but has trouble pronouncing his D. Instead of saying "daddy" he says "gaggy".
SYNTAX AND MORPHOLOGY: Elijah has started to use -ing at the end of words, such as "leaving" when his dad walks out the door for work. -
16- 20 Months (USE)
Elijah waits to respond to grandma whenever she is talking to him and then babbles when grandma stops talking -
16- 20 Months (Content)
Syntax: When its time to go to bed or when Elijah realizes its around the time hes in bed he says "mama bed" This is cause his mom is usually the one that lays with him till he falls asleep. -
20-24 Months (USE)
Elijah uses gesture- word combinations when Elijah is eating dinner and he wants more he points at food and says "more" -
20-24 Months (CONTENT)
Semantics: Elijah has recently found out one of the foods he eat is called chicken as a result he has begun calling all the meat he is served chicken. -
20-24 Months (FORM)
PHONOLOGY: When Elijah asks questions his voice rises at the end of them. When he asks his mom "where tister?" his intonation rises when he says sister.
SYNTAX AND MORPHOLOGY: Elijah speaks in two-word combinations when he is asking for something or responding to someone. When he wants to play outside he says "play side" and when he wants a drink he tells his mom "want milk." -
24-28 Months (FORM)
PHONOLOGY:Elijah asks questions such as "where juice?" and "where mama?" and can speak his words more clearly.
SYNTAX AND MORPHOLOGY: Elijah has grown strong in using -ing when he says words such as "I'm playing" or "she's running". -
24-28 Months (USE)
Mommy asked what he did today and Elijah said "I eat a apple" -
24-28 Months (CONTENT)
Semantics: Elijah has now associated colorful things with toys now saying "Playing my toys", but now thinks mommy's pink brush is also a "toy" -
28 - 32 Months (FORM)
PHONOLOGY: Elijah can now pronounce the D and say "daddy" the correct way.
SYNTAX AND MORPHOLOGY: Elijah uses possessive language when he speaks such as "my cup" and "me ran outside". -
28-32 Months (USE)
Elijah was having a conversation with mommy about what he did in day care today and Elijah changed the conversation and started talking about what they are eating for dinner and asked if they can have cake -
28-32 Months (CONTENT)
Syntax and Semantics: Elijah is adapting to his dads new work schedule as a result he goes to check if his dad is in the living room every time he sees he is not there he asks "where Daddy go?' -
32-36 Months (FORM)
PHONOLOGY: Elijah's speech has improved greatly, he can say 80% of his words correctly. He is able to talk in short sentences, like asking his sister "where is puppy?"
SYNTAX AND MORPHOLOGY: Elijah uses contractions here and there, such as "it's hot" or "that's cool". -
32-36 Months (USE)
Elijah and his sister were talking while she was making lunch and he asked "what you say" and tried clarifying the conversation with her. -
32-36 Months (CONTENT)
Semantics and Syntax: In the car ride with his sister they passed by a park and he lit up saying "We go play on big Toys"