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It details early turn-taking awareness, recognition of names, body parts, objects, pictures, and spatial or comparative concepts. 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They smile or coo at friendly speech and respond to angry voice with a frown.","Answer",{"name":116,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":117},"How do children’s receptive skills change from about 6–12 months to 12–18 months?",{"text":118,"@type":114},"From 6–8 months they respond to name, variations in tone, and simple requests like “wave bye-bye.” From 8–12 months they follow simple directions, point to familiar people/animals/toys, and answer yes/no with head movements.",{"name":120,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":121},"What receptive milestones appear around ages 24–36 months?",{"text":122,"@type":114},"Children begin identifying pictures/objects, following single-step directions, and showing stronger comprehension than expression. 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Stops crying when someone enters the room. Anticipates feeding at sight of food. Eyes and head turn toward sound. Responds to friendly speech and fondling with a smile or coo. Responds to angry voice with a frown. (7) | Makes small throaty sounds. Makes sounds of |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 6-12 months | 6-8 mo: Responds to name. Responds to variation intone of voice of others. Responds to simple requests.\"wave bye, bye\"\u003Cbr>8-12 mo: Gives toy upon request when gestures accompany the request (1) | 6-8 mo: \"Talks\" to toys. Babbles in series (baba) .\u003Cbr>8-12 mo: Shout to attract attention, listens, then shouts |\n|  | Follows simple directions: \"Give daddy the cup\" . When asked, will point to familiar persons, animals, and toys. Identifies three body parts if someone names them:\"Show me your nose. , your toe, your ear.\" Responds to simple questions with \"yes\" or \"no\" and appropriate head movements. Locates familiar objects on request (if objects are in locations the child knows about) . Pragmatically, seems aware of the reciprocal (back and forth) aspects of conversational exchanges; some turntaking in other kinds of vocal exchanges such as making and imitating sounds. (1) | Produces considerable \"jargon\": words and sounds put together into speech-like (inflected) patterns.\u003Cbr>\"Daddy Bye-bye\". Indicates a few desired objects and activities by name: \"Bye-bye\", \"cookie\"; verbal request is often accompanied by an insistent gesture. Speech is\u003Cbr>attention. Hands mechanical toy to adult as a \"request\"to have it wound. Hands objects to others as a way if initiating social interaction. Enjoys rhymes and tries to join in. By 18 mos.: Brown's Early Linguistic Stage I, with MLU of 1.01. (1, 17) |\n| 18-24 months | Looks at pictures in books, follows simple commands\"put it on the table.\" Points and names 2 to 3 familiar pictures or objects. | Uses jargon and phrases, has 10-50 words in vocabulary. Speech intelligibility is 25%, deletion of unstressed syllables by age 18 mos. At 24 mos. they |\n\ndiscomfort. Has a strong cry. Makes pleasure sounds   \nagain. Shakes head for no. May not for yes. Says  \n\"Holophrastic\" speech: one word conveys an entire  \n25% intelligible. Uses 5 to 50 words; typically these are   \nare 60% intelligible and all vowels are learned except for  \n(ah) . Makes coos and gurgles. Vocalizes when talked to.  \ndada, mama. 1-3 word vocabulary. Imitates sounds-   \nthought; meanings depend upon the inflection.  \nwords that refer to animals, food and toys. Uses  \nthe vocalic /r/ . During this stage the front consonants   \nExpressive  \n0-6 months  \nSqueals. (7)  \nmotor noise, tongue clicks, lip smacking, coughing. (1)   \n12-18 months  \nProduces some two-word phrases: \"More cookie\",  \ngestures such as pointing or pulling to direct adult  \ncontinue to develop.  \n\n| 24-30 months | The two year old can identify five pictures or more of common objects. This child can follow simple single step directions (9) . Excellent comprehension in comparison to expression (2) . | This is mainly a period of transition for the child. Jargon is discarded, objects and pictures are named, pronouns are beginning to be used. By two and a half, the child can give his full name, identify seven common objects and give use of some objects (9) . This child can identify themselves as either a boy or a girl (2) . This period begins with approximately 200 words and this vocabulary grows rapidly. 2-3 word sentences are used along with \"NO\" and \"MINE\" . The two year old loves to chant and sing songs. Numbers and the alphabet maybe repeated but the concepts behind the symbols are not realized (18) . The two year old learns new words almost every day, but there are many mistakes in grammar (21) . |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 30-36 months | The two and a half to three-year-old can understand most common adjectives and verbs, point to 6 body parts on a picture of a doll, sorts colors and points to several c","cbCaid7uxG4eCFFU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaid7uxG4eCFFU","pdf",125886,"English","# Age\n## Receptive milestones by age group\n### 0-6 months\n### 6-12 months\n### 12-18 months\n### 18-24 months\n### 24-30 months\n### 30-36 months\n### 36-42 months\n### 42-48 months","[{\"question\":\"What receptive behaviors do children show in early infancy?\",\"answer\":\"They stop crying when someone enters the room, anticipate feeding when food is seen, and turn eyes/head toward sound. 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