

Childcare Center Licensed Under the Ministry of Education
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Language Development:
3-12 Month Old Babies
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Baby starts cooing at around 3 months
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Baby makes eye contact with you
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Uses combination of vowels and consonants (ga, goo, ma, da, etc.)
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Smiling and laughing
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Baby uses various sounds and different sounds
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Between 4-6 months; baby starts babbling, using single syllable sounds (ba-ba-ba-ba)
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Starts pointing or gesturing
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Can copy some of the sounds you make, like coughing, laughing, clicking or making ‘raspberries’
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Can dopy some of the gestures you make, like waving, pointing or clapping
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Plays with making different sounds, like ‘aaieee’, ‘booo’ and ‘ahh’ at different pitches and volumes.
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Soon the babbling becomes jargon, where the child starts to sound like they are 'talking' but without recognizable words.
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Puts sounds together with rhythm and tone, in ways that sound like normal speech
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Can say ‘mama’ or ‘dada’, although they might not know what these mean yet
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Can communicate using noises or gestures to ask for something
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Can say "no" to something, insisting on something, or greet someone
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Ask for something by pointing, or by looking at a person then at something they want.
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First simple words appear around 12 months; mama, dada, etc.
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When to Seek Assistance:
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If your baby isn’t babbling and isn’t using gestures by 12 months, talk to your health practitioner.
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