In child speech development, most four year olds can: Can tell a story Have a sentence length of 4-5 words Have a vocabulary of nearly 1,000 words Can name at least one color Understand “yesterday,” “summer”, “lunchtime”, “tonight”, “little-big” Begin to obey requests like “put the block under the chair” Know his or her last name, name of street on …
Speech Development for Preschool Children 48 – 60 Months
In child speech development, most five year olds can: Have sentence length of 4-5 words Use past tense correctly Have a vocabulary of nearly 1,500 words Point to colors red, blue, yellow and green Identify triangles, circles and squares Understand “In the morning”, “next”, “noontime” Can speak of imaginary conditions such as “I hope” Ask many questions, such as “who?” …