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Speaking, reading, writing and creative thinking which is the fabric for your child to achieve their dreams.
Language and communication domain are skills that develop over time. When you child is meeting this domain, they will have the prerequisites to speaking, reading, writing and creative thinking which can support them as an adult in achieving their dreams. The child will have the ability to understand words and context (receptive language), body language, and spoken words to communicate his/her wants, needs and ideas (expressive language).
The chart below identifies several skills your child should demonstrate by age 12 months, 24 months, 36 months, 4 years old, and 5 years old for Language and Communication Growth:
| Age | Language & Communication Skills |
| 12 months (1 year) | Uses hand and body gestures to indicate “no” or greetings “hi” and “bye” |
| Makes sounds and babbles with changes in tone and imitates speech | |
| Orally (expressive) says “mama”, “papa”, “dada”, “uh-oh!” | |
| Tries to repeat (echoics) what you are saying | |
| Responds to simple spoken requests (sit down, come here) |
| Age | Language & Communication Skills |
| 24 months (2 years) | Orally (expressive) has 50 different words |
| Orally (expressive) and shakes head “no” and “yes” | |
| Follows simple instructions | |
| Points and gestures to show someone what they want named/labeled | |
| Orally (expressive) sentences with 2 to 4 words | |
| Speaks clearly enough that parents can understand 50% of words | |
| Repeats (echoics) words overheard in a conversation | |
| Identifies names of familiar people and body parts (pointing or speaking) |
| Age | Language & Communication Skills |
| 36 months (3 years) | Follows instruction (receptive) with 2 to 3 steps |
| Can hold a conversation with 2 to 3 sentences | |
| Orally (expressive) their name, age, gender | |
| Begins to use pronouns (I, me, we, you) | |
| Understands (receptive) prepositions (in, over, under, on) | |
| Orally (expressive) and identifies (receptive) common objects | |
| Answers “where” questions | |
| Orally (expressive) has 450-word vocabulary |
| Age | Language & Communication Skills |
| 4 Years | Continues to demonstrate prepositions correctly (i.e. he for boy; she for girl) |
| Orally (expressive) states their first and last name | |
| Tells stories and sings songs/nursery rhymes from memory | |
| Orally (expressive) has 4-5 word sentences | |
| Orally (expressive) has nearly 1,000-word vocabulary | |
| Understands (receptive) time and opposites (yesterday, lunchtime, bedtime, tonight, little, big) | |
| Identifies and labels at least one color |
| Age | Language & Communication Skills |
| 5 Years | Speaks clearly and most people understand |
| Uses future tense (“We are going to the store”) | |
| Orally (verbalizes) full name and address | |
| Orally (verbalizes) about daily activities (food, money) | |
| Uses 4 to 5 word sentences | |
| Orally (expressive) has nearly 1,000-word vocabulary | |
| Asks many questions “who, what, why” |