Hearing and understanding

• Points to a few body parts when asked.
• Follows simple commands and understands simple questions (“Roll the ball,” “Kiss the baby,” “Where’s your shoe?”).
• Listens to simple stories, songs, and rhymes.
• Points to pictures in a book when named.

Talking

• Says more words every month.
• Uses some one- or two- word questions (“Where kitty?” “Go bye-bye?” “What’s that?”).
• Puts two words together (“more cookie,” “no juice,” “mommy book”).
• Uses many different consonant sounds at the beginning of words.