2 to 3 years
At Chatterbox we want the best for your child. Our speech therapists and speech pathologists are kind and caring. They are passionate about working with children and helping your child to realise their true potential – with 5 clinics across Sydney in Rosehill, Bella Vista, Oran Park, Kingswood and Penrith.
Our speech pathology clinics provide a warm friendly environment where your child’s needs will be supported and their gains will be celebrated. All of our Speech Pathologists and speech therapists share a passion for working with children and families to best support their learning goals.
Receptive Language
- Understand describing words
- Open/close (car doors, doors, cupboards and toys)
- Wet/dry
- Big/little
- Same/different
- Understand place words
- In/out
- On/off
- Up/down
- Under/over
- Top/bottom
- Understand quantity words
- More/gone
- One/lots
- Empty/full
- Under/over
- Top/bottom
- Understands common simple directions which involve words such as:
- Give it to me
- Put it here
- Pick up the teddy
- Understand the function of an object
- Whats this?
- Yes/no questions (e.g. “Is this your drink?”)
- What is the boy/girl doing?
- Understand “wh” questions
- What do we do with a spoon?
- Have a large noun and verb vocabulary where they can point to a range of pictures
- Understand gender (e.g. “Is this a boy or a girl?”)
Expressive Language
- Asks lots of questions (e.g. “What is that?”, “Where is it?”)
- Label a large range of pictures and actions
- Combines 2-4 word sentences often when talking
- Answer simple “What’s this?”, “What is the boy doing?” and “Where is it?” questions
- Answer “yes” and “no” questions
- Uses “-ing” at the end of action words where appropriate (e.g. running)
- Uses little words like “the”, “a”
- People other than family members can understand 75-100% of the child’s speech by 3yrs of age
References:
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