4 mos.

long strings of constant vowles combinations

deaf babies can bable; to develop parts of stage you must hear human speech

normal hearing babies will cont. to babble even after they say first words

6 mos.

holding up an object so adlts can see-- index pointing, palm pointing, showing

purpose: find out whats going on babies mind

-fine motor skills develop faster than those required for speech

- start teaching no earlier than 6 mos.

1can reduse frustration in both child and parent

2increase self confidence in child

3enriched parent child bond

4reach language milestone earlier

between 10-15mos

infants indicate their first understanding of words between 8 to 12 months

-important objects to child--> parents, pets, toys, body parts

- easiest sound sequance--> mama, dada, bye-bye

Practice pronouncing words sounds in words around 18 mos--> juice= du, ju, dus, jus, sus, jusi

18mos- 50 words

2 years- 200 words

6 years- 10,000 words

messing up acomadation

apply words to brodly

car for bus, trains, trucks

doggy for all 4 legged animals

broken up assimalation

apply to narrowlybear at zoo is not a bear only a teddy bear is a bear

19-24 mos

focus on high content words and leave out smaller, less important ones

"mommy shoe not" "go car"

understand and use of morphemes-- tendency to over use or use incorrectly (goed, foots,

- change speech style to suit situation