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At age 2 1/2, your child . . .
has 450 word vocabulary
gives first name
uses past tense and plurals and combines nouns and verbs
understands simple time concepts: "last night," "tomorrow"
refers to self as "me" rather than by name
tries to get adult attention: "watch me"
likes to hear same story repeated
uses "no" or "not" in speech and may say "no" when means "yes"
asks 1-2 word questions
talks to other children as well as adults
speech is 50-75% intelligible
answers "where" questions
can name common pictures and things he or she comes in contact with regularly
uses short sentences to announce what he or she has done or will do like, "Me do it," or "Me want to jump;"
matches 3-4 colors
understand "one" and "all"
holds up fingers to tell age
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