Communication Birth to 19 Years
Michaela Palmer
Understand children and young person development CYP 3.1
Communication
Birth to 3 months
A baby cries when basic needs require attention, for example hunger, tiredness and distress but will stop crying at sound of human voice (unless very upset) and will coo in response to a parents voice.
When a baby hears a sound, for example a rattle sound near their head, the baby will become quiet and turn their head towards the sound.
6 to 9 months.
At 6 months a baby can laugh, chuckle and squeal aloud in play. They will make vowel sounds, for example ‘aah-aah’, ‘goo’. They respond differently to different tones of voice and will start to respond to noises out of sight by looking around to see where the noise is coming from.
A baby will babble loudly and tunefully using dual syllables in long strings, for example ‘daddad’, ‘baba’, ‘mam-mam’ and will copy sounds like coughing and smacking lips.
1 year to 18 months.
At one year old a baby will know its own name, will understand about 20 words like cup, dog, dinner. They will make constant sounds which will include lots of vowel sounds.
They can understand simple messages, for example ‘clap hands’, ‘where are your feet. They will repeat prominent or last word in sentences. They can respond to simple instructions, for example ‘fetch your shoes’, ‘shut the door’
2 Years.
They will use more than 200 words by two years and be able to link two words together to make sentences. They can refer to their own name and will talk to themself during play. They will use key words but miss out connecting words.
They will hold a simple conversation and enjoy repeatidly telling stories.
3 to 4 years.
They start to be understood by strangers and will copy adult speech. They start to ask many questions of the type: what? why? and how?
They will be able to tell you some body parts and some animals.
Their speech is fluent and correct and will use descriptive words. They may also start to use the past tense.
5 to
Understand children and young person development CYP 3.1
Communication
Birth to 3 months
A baby cries when basic needs require attention, for example hunger, tiredness and distress but will stop crying at sound of human voice (unless very upset) and will coo in response to a parents voice.
When a baby hears a sound, for example a rattle sound near their head, the baby will become quiet and turn their head towards the sound.
6 to 9 months.
At 6 months a baby can laugh, chuckle and squeal aloud in play. They will make vowel sounds, for example ‘aah-aah’, ‘goo’. They respond differently to different tones of voice and will start to respond to noises out of sight by looking around to see where the noise is coming from.
A baby will babble loudly and tunefully using dual syllables in long strings, for example ‘daddad’, ‘baba’, ‘mam-mam’ and will copy sounds like coughing and smacking lips.
1 year to 18 months.
At one year old a baby will know its own name, will understand about 20 words like cup, dog, dinner. They will make constant sounds which will include lots of vowel sounds.
They can understand simple messages, for example ‘clap hands’, ‘where are your feet. They will repeat prominent or last word in sentences. They can respond to simple instructions, for example ‘fetch your shoes’, ‘shut the door’
2 Years.
They will use more than 200 words by two years and be able to link two words together to make sentences. They can refer to their own name and will talk to themself during play. They will use key words but miss out connecting words.
They will hold a simple conversation and enjoy repeatidly telling stories.
3 to 4 years.
They start to be understood by strangers and will copy adult speech. They start to ask many questions of the type: what? why? and how?
They will be able to tell you some body parts and some animals.
Their speech is fluent and correct and will use descriptive words. They may also start to use the past tense.
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