Speech
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Babbles with sounds such as “p,” “b,” “m”
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Begins to imitate a variety of different speech sounds along with environmental sounds (car/animal sounds)
Receptive Language (what a child understands)
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Responds to their name
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Turns head and looks to locate sound
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Recognizes words for common objects (cup, ball, car)
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Begins to respond to requests (come here, want more?)
Expressive Language (what a child produces/says)
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Babbles (short and long strings of babbling)
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Uses gestures to communicate (waving, extending arms to be picked up/held)
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Produces 10-12 simple words (mama, dada, bye, hi, no)
Pragmatics/Social Skills
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Responds to “no”
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Responds to name
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Points to learn new vocabulary
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Attempts to “talk” to listener
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Coos/squeals for attention
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Laughs when playing with objects
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Smiles at self in mirror
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Plays patty-cake and peek-a-boo games
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Copies simple actions of others
Literacy
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Can focus on large and bright pictures in a book
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Shares books with an adult as routine part of life
Feeding
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Self-feeds with fingers and with spoon (grabbing with whole hand)
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Holds cup with 2 hands
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Holds and consumes bottle and/or sippy cup independently
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Diet consist of purees, soft meltables (i.e, puffs), soft table foods (bananas, avocados, cooked veggies), some crackers and easily chewed foods (scrambled eggs, meatballs)