2-3 Years Old

RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE

• Follow simple two part instructions (e.g., ‘give me the ball and the car’)

• Respond to simple 'wh-' questions, such as ‘what’ and ‘where’

• Point to several body parts and pictures in books when named

• Understand when an object is ‘in' and ‘on’ something.

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EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE

• Say more than 50 single words

• Put two words together (e.g., ‘bye teddy’, ‘no ball’)

• Use their tone of voice to ask a question (e.g.,‘teddy go?’)

• Say ‘no’ when they do not want something

• Use most vowel sounds and a variety of consonants (m, n, p, b, k, g, h, w, t, d)

• Start to use ‘mine’ and ‘my’

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PRAGMATICS

• New intents include symbolic play (i.e., make believe play), talking about absent objects from play

• Uses attention words such as "Hey!" to attract attention

• Expresses emotions 

• Produces short dialogue

• Verbally introduces and changes topics in conversation 

• Narratives (i.e., stories) are primarily labels and descriptions  

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