Speech / Language

Children 5-6 years old generally are able to do the following:

Receptive Language:

• Asks and answers questions

Expressive Language:

• Speaks in phrases and sentences between 6-8 word with nearly normal grammar
• Uses complete sentences with all verb tenses
• Uses negative interrogatives, indefinite forms (e.g., nobody, no one)
• Uses adjectives to describe objects and can repeat sentences
• Participates in conversations with different people
• Describes familiar people, places, things and events
• Understands and use regular plural nouns and verbs

Speech Intelligibility:

• Speaks so about 90% of communication is understood by unfamiliar listeners with a range of 90-100%
• English-speaking students are developing the following consonant sounds: voiced “th,” /r/, “zh” as in “equation”
• Spanish-speaking students are developing the following consonant sounds: trill R and /s/