Charlotte's Language Milestones - Preschool

By karaizme
  • Begins to develop shallow phonological awareness abilities (36 months)

    Begins to develop shallow phonological awareness abilities (36 months)

    Charlotte can piece out the different sounds in the word "mom."
  • Begins to engage in longer dialogues (36 months)

    Begins to engage in longer dialogues (36 months)

    Charlotte explains to her mom in a back-and-forth dialogue why she found the doll at the antique store to be scary.
  • Uses compound sentences with "and" (36 months)

    Uses compound sentences with "and" (36 months)

    Charlotte and her mom are reading a picture book, and Charlotte points at a page and says, "doggies and kitties."
  • Uses pronouns such as "they," "them," and "us" (36 months)

    Uses pronouns such as "they," "them," and "us" (36 months)

    Charlotte is asked where her friends are going after they leave preschool. She replies, "they home."
  • Understands some relational terms like hard-soft (40 months)

    Understands some relational terms like hard-soft (40 months)

    Charlotte is scared when her dad throws a stuffed animal at her, but when her dad explains that it is soft, she is less afraid.
  • Continues to refine articulatory skills (40 months)

    Continues to refine articulatory skills (40 months)

    Sometimes mixes up difficult consonants like "ch" and "sh."
  • Uses pronouns consistently (40 months)

    Uses pronouns consistently (40 months)

    Charlotte's mom is asking Charlotte about her day and she says, "she did that."
  • Begins to make conversational repairs (40 months)

    Begins to make conversational repairs (40 months)

    Charlotte: "Tree over there!"
    Mom: "What cheese?"
    Charlotte: "No. Trees."
  • Understands indirect requests accompanied by nonverbal pointing (44 months)

    Understands indirect requests accompanied by nonverbal pointing (44 months)

    Mom: "Can you put those on, please?" She points to Charlotte's shoes.
    Charlotte understands the request and puts on her shoes.
  • Uses past tense consistently (44 months)

    Uses past tense consistently (44 months)

    Charlotte can use the past tense consistently when telling stories.
  • Uses syntactic information to narrow possible meanings of new words (44 months)

    Uses syntactic information to narrow possible meanings of new words (44 months)

    Charlotte is sitting on the couch, and her mom tells her to get off the sofa. Charlotte has never heard the word "sofa," but she knows what "get off" means, so she takes the context and gets off the couch.
  • Has mastered most consonants (44 months)

    Has mastered most consonants (44 months)

    Charlotte can mostly accurately say "I baked pie."
  • Uses reflexive pronouns like "himself," "herself," "itself" (48 months)

    Uses reflexive pronouns like "himself," "herself," "itself" (48 months)

    Yells, "she save herself" at the television while watching a movie.
  • Constructs true narratives (48 months)

    Constructs true narratives (48 months)

    Charlotte tells her friends at school that her mom took her to the zoo the day before, and they saw lots of big kitties.
  • Combines 4-7 words in sentences (48 months)

    Combines 4-7 words in sentences (48 months)

    Charlotte is playing with a doll and says, "I love my doll a lot."
  • Decreases use of phonological processes (48 months)

    Decreases use of phonological processes (48 months)

    "She played on the playground too"
  • Uses "what do," "what does," "what did" questions (52 months)

    Uses "what do," "what does," "what did" questions (52 months)

    Charlotte visits her grandparents and sees a phone hanging on the wall and asks, "what does it do?"
  • Uses indirect requests (52 months)

    Uses indirect requests (52 months)

    Charlotte: "Help me with this?" She points to her coloring book.
    Mom: "Yes, I can help you!"
  • Is very intelligible in connected speech (56 months)

    Is very intelligible in connected speech (56 months)

    Charlotte can say very intelligible sentences in conversation.
  • Uses narrative with a sequence of events but no main character or theme (60 months)

    Uses narrative with a sequence of events but no main character or theme (60 months)

    Charlotte: "The dog went to the park."
    Mom: "What did the dogs play with?"
    Charlotte: "Then I went potty."
  • Knows letters that make up own name (60 months)

    Knows letters that make up own name (60 months)

    Charlotte's mom successfully taught Charlotte how to spell her own name.
  • Combines 5-8 words in sentences (60 months)

    Combines 5-8 words in sentences (60 months)

    "I love mommy because she loves me."
  • Only shows difficulties with later-developing sounds (60 months)

    Only shows difficulties with later-developing sounds (60 months)

    Charlotte mainly shows difficulty saying words like "judge."
  • Uses deictic terms like "this," "there," "here" (60 months)

    Uses deictic terms like "this," "there," "here" (60 months)

    Charlotte is playing with dolls with her mom and says, "put her there, like this." She demonstrates where she wants her mom to put the doll.