- cooing (i.e. saying vowel sounds, over and over again: e.g., aaaaaaaaaaaa, uuuuuuuuuuuuu, eeeeeeeeee…)
- producing guttural sounds when happy and content
- babbling (i.e. saying consonant/vowel sound combinations, over and over again: e. g. bababa, dadada, badaga…)
- imitating sounds and facial expressions
- saying “mama” and “dada”, when referring to primary caregivers
- repeating what others are saying
- saying one word phrases (or “holophrases”): for example, “up” could mean “pick me up, please” or “see birdie up there”
- labeling objects, animals, or people (e.g., “car,” “ouwee,” “cat,” “baby”, while pointing at these
- saying please and thank-you
- asking questions
- answering questions
- putting two words together (e.g. Mommy go, Daddy shoe)
- using negatives (e.g. “no”)
- using qualitative concepts (e.g. big/small, short/tall…)
- using quantitative concepts (e.g. a lot, a little, all, none…)
- using the present progressive (e.g. he is walking)
- using pronouns (e.g. I, you)
- using possessives (e.g. my, mine)
- using prepositions (e.g. in, on, under, over)
- using the regular and irregular past tense (e.g. walked, gave)
- using the future tense (e.g. will walk, is going to walk)
- putting three and four words together (e.g. I want milk, daddy go here)
- putting more than four words together in a full sentence (i.e., I can read this book)
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