Speech and Language Milestone Markers for Typical Children between ages 2 and 3
Identifies body parts
Carries on 'conversation' with self and dolls
Asks "what's that?" And "where's my?"
Uses 2-word negative phrases such as "no want".
Forms some plurals by adding "s"; book, books
Has a 450 word vocabulary <----Leah has easily twice that
Gives first name, holds up fingers to tell age <---Leah knows first and last name, address and is learning her phone number
Combines nouns and verbs "mommy go"
Understands simple time concepts: "last night", "tomorrow"
Refers to self as "me" rather than by name
Tries to get adult attention: "watch me" <---if you've ever been in a car with Leah and trying to hold a conversation, you are well aware of the fact she desperately tries to get adult attention by telling you to be quiet and listen to just her. lol
Likes to hear same story repeated
May say "no" when means "yes"
Talks to other children as well as adults
Solves problems by talking instead of hitting or crying
Answers "where" questions
Names common pictures and things
Uses short sentences like "me want more" or "me want cookie"
Matches 3-4 colors, knows big and little
Between Age 3 and 4
Can tell a story
Has a sentence length of 4-5 words
Has a vocabulary of nearly 1000 words
Names at least one color
Understands "yesterday," "summer", "lunchtime", "tonight", "little-big"
Begins to obey requests like "put the block under the chair"
Knows his or her last name, name of street on which he/she lives and several nursery rhymes
Leah is around the second set of milestones, rather the first. So proud of my lil conversationalist.
