3.
2-3 Years Old
RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE
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Follow simple two part instructions (e.g., ‘give me the ball and the car’)
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Respond to simple 'wh-' questions, such as ‘what’ and ‘where’
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Point to several body parts and pictures in books when named
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Understand when an object is ‘in' and ‘on’ something.
EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE
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Say more than 50 single words
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Put two words together (e.g., ‘bye teddy’, ‘no ball’)
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Use their tone of voice to ask a question (e.g.,‘teddy go?’)
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Say ‘no’ when they do not want something
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Use most vowel sounds and a variety of consonants (m, n, p, b, k, g, h, w, t, d)
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Start to use ‘mine’ and ‘my’
PRAGMATICS
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New intents include symbolic play (i.e., make believe play), talking about absent objects from play
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Uses attention words such as "Hey!" to attract attention
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Expresses emotions
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Produces short dialogue
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Verbally introduces and changes topics in conversation
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Narratives (i.e., stories) are primarily labels and descriptions