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--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 0-11 months\u003Cbr>The Early Communicator | o Turns towards a familiar sound\u003Cbr>o Startled by loud sounds\u003Cbr>o Watches face when someone talks | o Recognises parent’s voice\u003Cbr>o Understands frequently used words such as“all gone”, “no”,” bye-bye”\u003Cbr>o Stops and looks when hears own\u003Cbr>name |  |  | o Communicates in a variety of waysgurgling, crying, babbling\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>o Plays with speech sounds (bababa) > 10 |  |  | o Reaches out and points\u003Cbr>o Makes vocal sounds to get attention\u003Cbr>o Tries to copy adult speech and lip movement\u003Cbr>o Takes turns in conversations using babble\u003Cbr>o Senses different emotions in carers voice and responds differently (quietening, laughing, smiling etc) > 12 |\n| 8-20 months\u003Cbr>First Word User | o Locates source of voice with accuracy\u003Cbr>o Pays attention to dominant stimulus\u003Cbr>o Enjoys music and singing\u003Cbr>o Concentrates intently on an object or activity of own choosing, for increasing\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>periods of time. > 20 | o Gives named objects to adult\u003Cbr>(book,apple,car)\u003Cbr>o Understands simple instructions (“kiss Mummy”, “where’s your nose”, “stop”)\u003Cbr>o Recognises and points to objects, or pictures in books if asked > 18 |  |  | o Babbling in strings of connected but different sounds ba-ba-no-no-go-go\u003Cbr>o Reaches out or points to objects while making speech sounds\u003Cbr>o Uses around 10 single words although\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>they may not be clear > 20 |  |  | o Uses gestures such as waving and pointing with eye gaze to make requests and share interests\u003Cbr>o Plays alone but likes to be near familiar adult\u003Cbr>o Responds to words and interactive rhymes such as “clap hands”  \u003Cbr>o  Uses simple pretend play e.g. feeding teddy > 20 |\n| 16-27 months\u003Cbr>Combiner | o Responds to an adult talking and briefly shifts attention from something they are doing to the speaker\u003Cbr>o Recognises and responds appropriately to many familiar sounds e.g. a knock on the door | o Understands 200-500 single words\u003Cbr>o Understands simple instructions, containing\u003Cbr>2 key words without clues\u003Cbr>> 24\u003Cbr>|  |  | o Uses up to 50 words\u003Cbr>o Begins to combine two or three simple\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>words > 36\u003Cbr>o Begins to ask simple questions (“where’s my drink?”)\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>o Can be understood by familiar adult > 36 |  |  | o Pretend play developing with toys (feeding a doll or talking on telephone)\u003Cbr>o Follow adult body language including pointing, gesture and facial expression |\n| 22-36 months\u003Cbr>Early sentence user | o Listens with interest to the noises adults make when they read stories\u003Cbr>o Single channelled attention, can shift toa different task if attention is first gained\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>by adult > 36 | o Understands who , what, where questions (but not why)\u003Cbr>o Identifies action words by pointing to the right picture e.g. “who’s jumping”\u003Cbr>o Demonstrates understanding of the language linked to early concepts including\u003Cbr>‘in/on/under’,‘big/little’ > 36 |  |  | o Uses a wide range of words including descriptive language, time, space and function/action\u003Cbr>o Links 4-5 words together\u003Cbr>o Able to use pronouns (me, him, she)\u003Cbr>o Able to use prepositions (in on under)\u003Cbr>o Starting to use word endings (‘ing’, ‘s’)\u003Cbr>o Can be mostly understood by strangers |  |  | o Can take several turns in a conversation but jumps from topic to topic\u003Cbr>o Expresses emotion to adults and peers using words not just actions\u003Cbr>o Has some favourite stories, songs and rhymes\u003Cbr>o Uses language to share ideas and experiences\u003Cbr>o Interested in others play and will join in > 36\u003Cbr>|\n|  |  |  |  |  |  | > 48 |  |  |\n| 30-50 months\u003Cbr>Later sentence user | o Enjoys listening to stories\u003Cbr>o Can shift attention between listening to others and 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