Speech / Language

Children 3-8 months (English speaking or Bilingual  Spanish/English) generally are able to do the following:

Receptive Language: 

• Responds to spoken “bye-bye” by looking to the door  
• Smiles at the sound of caregivers voice 
• Begins to make simple gestures such as shaking head for no 
• Looks at primary caregivers as they are named

Expressive Language: 

• Responds appropriately to different tones of voices (e.g., when hearing a calming tone they stop crying) 
• Responds to sounds by making sounds (e.g., when they hear a sound of a toy)
• Uses different vocalizations to express joy and/or displeasure
• Plays with vowel/consonant sounds, coos and giggles (e.g., ma, da pa)  
• Begins to use sounds, babbling gestures to get attention, comment, request or protest 
• Blows raspberries

Speech Intelligibility: 

• Laughs and squeals out loud 
• Begins repeating syllables 
• Makes more intentional deep toned sounds (e.g., grunting or growling)