Developmental Milestones 7-12 MONTHS

UA

Baby repeats strings of syllables

7-9 MONTHS

Baby moves from early babbling to REDUPLICATED BABBLING

7-9 MONTHS

REDUPLICATED BABBLING DEFINITION

babies babble the same NATURAL syllables over and over again. They duplicate/copy the same syllable

7-9 MONTHS MILESTONES

• Babies produce several sounds on one breath & they listen to you.

• They recognize tone of your voice

• Talk to baby, by now they will look in your direction

• They will imitate some of your sounds & syllables

babies understand some of YOUR words

by 9 months

babies understand the concept of “cause & effect”

By 9 months

babies use sound, gestures, and facial expressions to express meaning

by 9 months

babies use sounds and gestures to “tell” you what they want

by 9 months

Play social games (like peek a boo) w/ baby

by 6 months

When do babies move into the late babbling stage?

by 9-10 months

LATE BABBLING

babies move from repeating the same consonants such as bababa or mamama to using a variety of consonants that appear in both long and short strings of sounds such as bamapada

When do babies say their 1st word

12 months old

Use books w/ easy to say words /sounds

Easiest sounds:p,b,m,h,t,n,d,w

Teach children about easy to say animals/sounds

moo for cow, baa for sheep, etc…

working on animals, its hard to say cluck for chicken (i.e the consonant cluster @ beginning which is a later developing sound), use bakbak