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Is My Child Developing Normally?

Child’s Age:
2 Year old
3 Year old
4 Year old
5 Year old
6 Year old

  • Can say these sounds:
    ‘p, m, b, w, h, y, n’

  • Can say at least 30 single words
    e.g. ‘go, milk, car, more, no’

  • Is starting to say small 2 word sentences
    e.g. ‘go car’, ‘more drink’ etc

There is no need to worry at this time.
A speech language and learning assessment is recommended.
Please call 02 9797 1880 or book an appointment.

  • Can say these sounds:
    ‘p, m, b, w, h, t, d, y, n, g, k’

  • Can say short, sometimes ungrammatical sentences
    e.g. ‘Leaf falled off tree.’ ‘Me want more biscuit.’

There is no need to worry at this time.
A speech language and learning assessment is recommended.
Please call 02 9797 1880 or book an appointment.

  • Can say these sounds:
    ‘p, m, b, w, h, t, d, y, n, g, k, s, z, sh, ch, l, f, j’ etc.

  • Can say mostly well constructed, clear sentences
    e.g. ‘Tomorrow can we go to the zoo?’ ‘I’m going to paint our house on that paper.’

There is no need to worry at this time.
A speech language and learning assessment is recommended.
Please call 02 9797 1880 or book an appointment.

  • Can say these sounds:
    ‘p, m, b, w, h, t, d, y, n, g, k, s, z, sh, ch, l, f, j, r, v’ as well as consonants blended together e.g. ‘br, sl, st, sn’ etc.

  • Can say well constructed, clear sentences
    e.g. ‘Don’t touch that book it’s mine, Granma gave it to me for my birthday.’ ‘We’re both wearing the same shoes today, let’s have a race.’

  • Is able to write and recognise their written name

  • Is able to recognise some simple sight words in home readers, within the first 6 months of starting school

  • Is starting to read and spell simple consonant-vowel-consonant words
    e.g. ‘hot, cup, bag’ (if in kindergarten)

There is no need to worry at this time.
A speech language and learning assessment is recommended.
Please call 02 9797 1880 or book an appointment.

  • Can say these sounds:
    ‘p, m, b, w, h, t, d, y, n, g, k, s, z, sh, ch, l, f, j, r, v, th’ as well as consonants blended together e.g. ‘br, sl, st, sn’ etc

  • Can say long, well constructed, clear sentences
    e.g. ‘This book is about all the animals at the zoo that I saw on our excursion.’ ‘What time do we need to go to my soccer game on Saturday?’

  • Is able to read and spell simple consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant or consonant- consonant-vowel-consonant words
    e.g. ‘lost, drop’ (if in Year 1)

There is no need to worry at this time.
A speech language and learning assessment is recommended.
Please call 02 9797 1880 or book an appointment.