Speech and Language Milestones
Although every child is different, children typically start talking around 12 months of age.
If you’re unsure whether your child is hitting their speech milestones, book in and speak to one of our experts.
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By Two Years Old
Have a vocabulary of approximately 50 to 75 words.
Produce vowel sounds and “m, n, p, t and w” sounds correctly
Join two words together such, as “bear eat” and “bubble pop”
Point to objects when they say the object’s name
Follow simple instructions, such as “wave goodbye”.
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By Three Years Old
Have a vocabulary of approximately 200+ words
Follow simple instructions, such as “brush bear’s hair”
Use 3-to-4-word sentences, such as “daddy go outside”
Produce “m, n, p, b, t, w, h, d, k and g” sounds.
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By Four Years Old
Have a vocabulary of more than 1000+ words
Use 4-to-5-word sentences, such as “grandma likes tea, doesn’t she?”
Ask and answer who, what and where questions
Be more than 90 per cent understood by others.
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By Five Years Old
Be 100 per cent understood by others
Speak in long and detailed sentences
Use the correct form of verbs to talk about past and future events
Start to understand some concepts of time, such as night, day and yesterday
Produce all speech sounds correctly except some consonant blends, such as “r” and “th”.