Skill Progression 12-15 months 15-18 months 18-21 months 21-24 months 24-27 months 27-30 months A. Articulation/ Produces Attempts to Speech may be less Speech is at least Combines noises Speech is 60% sound production consonant sounds combine than 50% 50% intelligible to to make sound intelligible /b, m, n, t, d, w/ consonants and intelligible to unfamiliar effects (e.g., vowels into unfamiliar persons persons “zoom-zoom,” words “Brrring,” “Bang”) Produces word Produces 85% of children approximations correctly produce (e.g., “muh” (CVC) the following: for milk) combinations, Initial sounds: using consonant /b, d, h, m, n, p/ sounds /p, b, m, n, Medial sounds: t, d, h, w/ /b, m, n/ Final sounds: /m, p/ Repeats adult’s Uses VC (e.g., up), words and CV (e.g., bye), CVC intonation (e.g., sad), and CVCV (e.g., puppy)
Skill Progression 12-15 months 15-18 months 18-21 months 21-24 months 24-27 months 27-30 months A. Articulation/ sound production Produces consonant sounds /b, m, n, t, d, w/ Attempts to combine consonants and vowels into words Speech may be less than 50% intelligible to unfamiliar persons Speech is at least 50% intelligible to unfamiliar persons Combines noises to make sound effects (e.g., “zoom-zoom,” “Brrring,” “Bang”) Speech is 60% intelligible Produces word approximations (e.g., “muh” for milk) Produces (CVC) combinations, using consonant sounds /p, b, m, n, t, d, h, w/ 85% of children correctly produce the following: Initial sounds: /b, d, h, m, n, p/ Medial sounds: /b, m, n/ Final sounds: /m, p/ Repeats adult’s words and intonation Uses VC (e.g., up), CV (e.g., bye), CVC (e.g., sad), and CVCV (e.g., puppy)
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