Stops and looks when hears own name.
Starts to understand contextual clues, e.g. familiar gestures, words and sounds.
Developing the ability to follow others’ body language, including pointing and gesture.
Responds to the different things said when in a familiar context with a special person (e.g. ‘Where’s Mummy?’, ‘Where’s your nose?’).
Understanding of single words in context is developing, e.g ‘cup’, ‘milk’, ‘daddy’.
Selects familiar objects by name and will go and find objects when asked, or identify objects from a group.
Understands simple sentences (e.g. ‘Throw the ball.’)
Identifies action words by pointing to the right picture, e.g. “Who’s jumping?”
Understands more complex sentences, e.g. ‘Put your toys away and then we’ll read a book.’
Understands ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’ in simple questions (e.g. Who’s that/can? What’s that? Where is...?)
Developing understanding of simple concepts (e.g. big/little).
Understands use of objects (e.g. “What do we use to cut things?’”)
Shows understanding of prepositions, such as ‘under’, ‘on top’, ‘behind’ by carrying out an action or selecting correct picture.
Responds to simple instructions, e.g. to get or put away an object.
Beginning to understand ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions.