Language development in a 3-year-old includes:
Receptive language skills (what child understands)
- understands comparisons such as little and big, hot and cold
- attends to activities for up to 10 minutes
- understands what objects do, such as a toaster
Expressive language skills (what child says)
- uses sentences three to six words in length
- uses a vocabulary of almost 1,000 words
- repeats up to three numbers
- uses pronouns such as I, you, and me correctly
- uses some words in plural and past tense
- handles three-word sentences easily
- about 90% of what a child says should be understandable
- able to give her sex, name, and age
Language development in a 3-year-old includes: Receptive language
skills (what child understands) understands comparisons such as
little and big, hot and cold attends to activities for up to 10
minutes understands what objects do, such as a...
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Intermountain Healthcare answered:Language development in a 3-year-old includes: