If 4-5 Year Milestones not reached:

• May have difficulties socialising
• May have poor attention and concentration
• May have difficulties following instructions at home, school
• May have difficulties retelling events
• Mayhave difficulties problem solving
• May have difficulties expressing though...

There are two main areas of language: 

• Receptive language (understanding): Comprehension of language. 
• Expressive language (using language): The use of language through speech, sign or alternative forms of communication to communicate...

• Responds
  to familiar requests (e.g. come here) and own name
• Understands gestures (e.g. wave for ‘bye’)
• Babbling (e.g. ma-ma, da-da)
• Takes turns vocalising with others
• Recognises names of a few objects
• Can understand one key word in a sentence (e.g. ...

• Attends to sounds and voices
• Recognises facial expressions and tones of voice
• Babbling (e.g. ma-ma, da-da)
• Takes turns vocalising with others
• Recognises names of a few objects
• IF MILESTONES NOT REACHED:
• May have difficulties so...

• Follows the meaning of others’ conversations
• Follows multi-step instructions
• Vocabulary comprehension increases
• Vocabulary comprehension increases
• Uses more complex sentences
• Uses imaginative language in play – likes to pretend and act out stories
...

• Ideas are shared
• Follows multi-step instructions
• Can classify objects according to more specific traits 
• Gives short oral reports
• Uses language
  at a higher level to make jokes, tease, engage in sarcasm, argue point of view,
  explain complex situation...

• May have difficulties socialising
• May have poor attention and concentration
• May have difficulties following instructions at home, school
• May have difficulties retelling events
• May have difficulties being understood by unfamiliar people
• May have difficu...

• Can listen for a sustained period of time (e.g. attend to a guest speaker at school)
• No specific milestones
• Can express their opinion
• Can retell both imaginary
  and real events
• Uses appropriate grammar in their speech and written work
• Can problem sol...

• Follows the meaning of others’ conversations
• Continuing to expand
• Can generally understand colour and shape words 
• Can sort objects into simple categories 
• Minimum of 4-5 word sentences
• Talks about past and future events
• Prono...

• Past Tense “to be”
• Connector ‘because
• Adverb –ly
• Irregular Plurals
• Position: middle; around; away from; between; through; next to/beside; last
• Size, tall, thin...

• Develops written language skills and ability to write descriptive stories
• Grammar is mature
• Position: left; right
• Other: same; different; season; time of day
• Can understand the difference between reality and fantasy
• Able to make predictions, justify de...

• IF MILESTONES NOT REACHED:
• May have difficulties socialising with peers and joint attention
• May struggle to copy and learn from others due to poor understanding and attention
• May have difficulties following instructions
• May have difficulties being understood b...

• May have difficulties socialising with peers
• May struggle to copy and learn from others due to poor understanding and attention
• May have difficulties following instructions at home, child care, kindergarten
• May have difficulties being understood by peers
• May h...

• May have difficulties socialising
• May have poor attention and concentration
• May have difficulties following instructions at home, school
• May have difficulties retelling events
• May have difficulties following routines
• May have difficulties being underst...

• Follows 2 part instructions
• Points to main body parts,
  clothing items, toys and food when asked
• Names actions
• By 3 years uses 1000 words
• Minimum of 2-3 words in a sentence 
• Still talks to self in long monologues
• Talks about present even...