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Milestones and Parent Resources
Language Milestones
Language milestones are from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Birth to Three Months
Gets startled by loud sounds, makes cooing noises, different cries for different needs, smiles, and recognizes voices
4 to 6 Months
Looks towards sounds, responds to different tones of voice, attends to music and sound, begins to babble (ex: ba, pa, ma), and giggles
7 Months to One Year
Looks when you point, responds and turns when you point, understands common words for things and people, begins to play social games (ex: peek-a-boo, wheels on the bus), responds to simple phrases, produces long strings of babble, uses sounds and gestures to get attention, imitates different speech sounds, begins to speak 1-2 words
One to Two Years
Follows 1-step directions, responds to/asks simple 'WH' questions, listens to songs and stories, points and identifies pictures when named, identifies common body parts, begins to name pictures, and produces 2-word phrases
Two to Three Years
Follows 2-step directions, understands opposites, talks about things not in the room, produces 2-3 word phrases, understands and uses simple prepositions, and asks 'why'
Three to Four Years
Answers simple 'WH' questions, uses pronouns and plurals, asks 'how' and 'when' questions, produces 4-5 word phrases/sentences, uses 4 sentences at a time, and understands words for family members, colors, and shapes
Speech Sound Milestones
p, b, m, d, n, h, t, k, g, w, ng, f, y
Two to Three Years
Four Years
l, j, ch, s, v, sh, z
Five Years
r, zh, th (voiced)
Six Years
th (voiceless)
McLeod, S. & Crowe, K. (2018). Children’s consonant acquisition in 27 languages: A cross-linguistic review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. doi:10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0100.
Speech Sound Resources
Parent Resources
These are websites and resources we use to support learning
Laura Mize is a pediatric speech-language pathologist who specializes in treating young children, ages birth to three, with communication delays and disorders. She has awesome information and activity ideas targeting articulation and language. She helps get our creative ideas flowing for treatment sessions.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning is a resource of educational web tools and mobile apps for educators and teachers. Educational Technology and Mobile learning has several lists for the best apps to use for various topics from coding to bedtime stories.
GoNoodle offers brain-break videos to get up and get moving that are fun for everyone.
Teachers Pay Teachers has amazing pre-made (sometimes free) worksheets, activities, and products often targeting speech and language goals. Many products are created by speech and language pathologists.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is our governing organization. They provide and have links to the latest research and information. When looking for the best evidence-based research studies their patient portal and evidence maps are the first place we look.
Epic! is an online library. It has popular books to read online including picture books, comic books, informational books, and chapter books. Most of the books come with a comprehension quiz at the end of the story.
Who does not love a good Pinterest board? Pinterest is a go-to for new creative activity ideas to encourage engagement. Pinterest is full of easy set-up activities.
ReadWorks.org offers free articles for every grade-level with vocabulary activities and comprehension questions to go along with stories and articles.