Communication Milestones

2-3 years:

• Correctly produces most vowels in words.

• Speech is becoming clearer but may not be understandable to unfamiliar listeners or to people who do not know your child

3-4 Years:

• Says all the syllables in a word.

• Says the sounds at the beginning, middle, and end of words.

• By age 4 years, your child speaks so that people can understand most of what they say.

• By age 4 years, your child says all sounds in a consonant cluster containing two or more consonants in a row—like the tw in tweet or the –nd in sand. May not produce all sounds correctly—for example, spway for “spray.”

4-5 Years:

• Blends word parts, like cup + cake = cupcake. Identifies some rhyming words, like cat and hat.

• Produces most consonants correctly, and speech is understandable in conversation