What sounds should my child be saying?
All children acquire sounds at a different pace. The following is a guideline for speech sound acquisition. If you or others have significant difficulties understanding your child, contact Wellesley Pediatric Speech Therapy for a full speech evaluation.
• By 6 months – Cooing, gurgling , Babbling “bababa”
• By 1 year – imitates sounds, approximates real words “mama”
• By 2 years – approximately 50% intelligible
• By 3 years – approximately 75% intelligible – Vowels, P, B, M, T, D, N, K, G, H, W
• By 4 years – 100% intelligible with some sound substitutions – F, V, Y, S, Z, SH, CH, J
• By 5-6 years – L, R, T
Current research has noted that bilingual children are often better at multi-tasking, possibly more intelligent than mono-lingual peers, and have a lesser chance of contracting alzheimers disease as they age.
