6 months
The baby will understand words like, ‘mama’, ‘dada’ and ‘bye-bye’ at this stage. The will understand objects and know what to expect of them. They will test the familiar object to see it anything unexpected happens
9 months
The child can judge a size of an object and look in the direction of a fallen toy. The child can watch a toy being hidden and then look for it. This shows that the child knows that the object exists even though it isn’t in sight. They will recognise familiar pictures, imitate sounds like a cough or ‘burr’ and increase babbling. The child will understand their daily routine and simple instructions like, ‘give me a kiss.’
12 months
At twelve months the baby will understand hand gestures such as, ‘come to daddy,’ ‘clap the hands’ and ‘bye-bye.’ Both point and look to where others point which implies some understanding of how others see and think. The child will be able to speak a few recognisable words. They will hand objects to parents when the parent says ‘ta-ta’. Unfortunately for deaf babies they will stop babbling and this stage.
18 months
The child will be able to understand names of various parts of the body and point them out. They can identify and name familiar picture. Understand ‘no,’ ‘show me’ and ‘look’. And can move an object to seek for another. The child can show excitement by waving their arms up and down meaning more, start again or I like.
2 years
Children are very interested in people’s names and objects at this age. They will begin to understand consequences of their actions at this age and will be able to talk up to over 1000 recognisable words even though they may not be able to pronounce them properly such as ‘bus’ where they may say ‘us’. By two and a half the child can say their own full name and repeat words that are spoken to them. They will be able to say, ‘I’ ‘me’ and ‘you’ correctly.
3 years
Children can match two or three primary colours usually red and yellow. They child will ask ‘why?’ a lot at this time to learn and understand how or what happens. They will begin to understand time and sort objects into different categories. The child can carry on a simple conversation.
4 years
Children at four years old will enjoy counting. The child will have increased memory skills, being able to know what happened in the past, whether it was something that has happened or that the child has been told. More questions will be asked like, ‘Why?’ ‘Who?’ and ‘When?’ Drawings will become more detailed and the child will include things like adding fingers to people.
5 years
The child is interested in reading and writing at this age. They can recognise their name and attempt to write it and speak fluently to people having a proper conversation.
