Hearing and understanding

• Understands differences in meaning (“go-stop,” “in-on,” “big-little,” “up-down”).
• Follows two requests (“Get the book and put it on the table”).
• Listens to and enjoys hearing stories for longer periods of time

Talking

• Has a word for almost everything.
• Uses two- or three- words to talk about and ask for things.
• Uses k, g, f, t, d, and n sounds.
• Speech is understood by familiar listeners most of the time.
• Often asks for or directs attention to objects by naming them.
• Asks “why?”
• May stutter on words or sounds