Services-Speech Brochures

At age four, your child. . .

points to colors red, blue, yellow, and green

has expressive vocabulary of 900-2000 or more words

follows commands even though objects are not present

can speak of imaginary conditions such as "suppose that. . ." or "I hope. . ."

ask many questions but is more interested in how answers fit his or her own thoughts than in the explanation

uses sentences of 4-8 words

asks "who" and "why" questions

begins to combine sentences with and

uses past tense correctly

imitatively counts to 5

uses the following sounds correctly: m, n, ng, p, f, w, y (as in yes), k, b, d, g, t

stays with one activity for 11-12 minutes