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Routines-Based Early Intervention Guidebook

Language Milestones

Follows 2-step directives Answers simple “WH”
Questions

Responds to Yes/No Questions Engages in episodic play Follows 3-step directions

2 - 3 Years 3 - 4 Years 4 - 5 Years

Uses regular past tense and Combines 4+ words Uses adjectives
simple preterit
Uses possessives Uses the same grammar as
Produces speech that is often Uses irregular past tense, family/home environment
easy to understand
imperfect, and preterit
Produces most consonant
Uses more consonants in speech Shares personal experiences sounds present in language
(t,d,g,k) (school, friends) in short
personal narratives
Begins use of plural form Tells a story related to a topic
Begins to describe objects use
Uses present progressive verb
forms
Produces speech that is easy to
Combines 2-3 words to understand most of the time
comment and inquire

Generally speaks easily without
Uses correct article gender effort in initiating sounds

Uses negatives
Uses indefinite/
definite articles
Uses indefinite/definite
articles

Goldstein, 1990; Hulit and Howard, 2006; Kester, et al., 2010; Paul, 2001; Rose , 2006; Typical Speech and Language
Development, 1997‐2011; Wein, 2007; Zimmerman, et al., 2002; Zimmerman, et al., 2002

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