Use the following information only as a guide to your child's speech development.

If you have questions or concerns about your child, contact a speech-language pathologist at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital at 664-5472.

    Mile Stones

Year 1

• Says 2 to 3 words (may not be clear)
• Repeats same syllable 2 to 3 times. (ma, ma,...)
• Carries out simple direction when accompanied by gestures (bye-bye)
• Answers simple questions with nonverbal response (body language)
• Imitates voice patterns of others
• Uses single words meaningfully to label

Year 2

• Says 8 to 10 words by age 1.5, 10 to 15 words by age 2
• Puts two words together (more cookie)
• Points to 12 familiar objects named
• Names 3 body parts on doll, self or another person
• Names 5 family members
• Produces animal sounds
• Asks for some common food items by name when shown

• Uses simple 3-4 word sentences
• Uses NO or NOT in speech
• Understands and responds to WHERE, WHO, and WHAT questions
• Carries out a series of two simple commands
• Uses more adult-like verb forms (Baby Ann is tired)
• Uses is and a statements (This is a ball.)
• Uses possessive forms of nouns (Daddy's)
• Counts to ten
• Uses some class names (toys, animals, food)
• Uses some plural nouns

• Uses a vocabulary of at least 300 words
• Uses is at the beginning of questions when appropriate
• Uses words to describe feelings
• Expresses future occurrences with going to, have to, want to
• Changes word order appropriately to ask questions (Can I? Does he?)
• Uses some common irregular plurals (men, feet)
• Tells about an event in his day in timely order
• Tells full name
• Knows ABCs by rote memory

• Carries out series of three directions
• Demonstrates understanding of passive sentences (Girl was hit by boy.)
• Uses compound and complex sentences
• Uses contractions can't, don't, won't
• Points out absurdities in pictures
• Knows basic opposites
• Names picture that does not belong in particular class (one that's not an animal)
• Tells whether two words rhyme
• Points to some, many, several
• Tells address and telephone number
• Answers why question with an explanation
• Defines words (Rain is water from the sky.)

Our Staff

For more information about Speech & Language Pathology, contact:

• Director of Rehabilitation Services
       Doug Keith
       664-5472 or Fax 664-5476