Services-Speech Brochures

At age three, your child . . .

can match primary colors, names one color

whispers

understands "yesterday," "summer," "lunchtime," "tonight," "little-big"

begins to obey prepositional phrases like "put the block under the chair"

uses words to relate observations, concepts, ideas and relationships

frequently practices by talking to himself

knows his or her last name, sex, name of street on which he/she lives and several nursery rhymes

can tell a story or relay an idea to someone

has a sentence length of 3-4 words

has a receptive vocabulary of nearly 1000 words

can produce consistently "m, n, ng, p, f, h, and w"

may repeat sounds, words and phrases, which is perfectly normal at this age

has an expressive vocabulary of 800-1500 or more words

can sing

expresses fatigue verbally

can stay with one activity 8 or 9 minutes

asks "what" questions frequently