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By 4 + 4 1/2 Years - Ages and Stages
The developmental milestones listed below mark the progress of young children as they learn to communicate and develop their speech and language skills.
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Follows instructions with three or
more steps e.g. "First get your crayons and paper, then
draw a picture and then give it to Grandma."
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Uses adult-type grammar
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Tells stories with a clear
beginning, middle and end
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Talks to try to solve problems with
adults and other children
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Imaginative play gets increasingly
complex
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Is understood by strangers almost
all of the time
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Can make up simple rhymes e.g.
Cat-Bat
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Matches some letters with their
sounds e.g. letter T says 'tuh'
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Can start a conversation and keep it
going on the same topic for at least three turns
Milestones by 4 ˝ years:
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Most of the time uses complete
sentences with 4 or more words e.g. "I go home now."
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Uses correct grammar such as plural
(books), past tense (walked), and pronouns (I, he, she,
me, you)
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Follows directions involving three
or more steps e.g. "First get some paper, then draw a
picture, last give it to mom."
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Tells stories with clear beginning,
middle and end
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Talks to try to solve problems with
adults and other children
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Demonstrates increasingly complex
imaginative play
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Is understood by adults outside the
family almost all the time
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Is learning the meaning of and using
several "new words" every week (in spoken language)
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Recites nursery rhymes and sings
familiar songs
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Understands "Just one"
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Enjoys being read to
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Can identify 4-6 colours by name
Things to try at home:
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Play describing games like "I spy"
and "Who am I?"
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Make puppets with your child out of
socks or paper bags and let your child make up and tell
stories with the puppets.
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Offer lots of opportunities to play
with other children-at the library, at the park, at the
Ontario Early Years Centres.
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Talk about the order events happen
in your day e.g. "First we go to the library, then we
get our groceries and last we go home for lunch."
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Enjoy books with rhymes or
surprises. Stop before the story is done and predict how
it will end.
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Clearly say words and sentences the
child has difficulty saying
Child: "Him doeing outside?
Adult: "Yes, he is going outside."
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Give your child jobs to do to help
around the house
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Play simple board/card games and
name colours/shapes, count, and follow directions
(Snakes and Ladders, Go Fish).
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Add information for the child;
"That's a daffodil and a tulip. They grow in Spring."
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Beginning to enjoy more challenging
games (puzzles, building blocks, construction games,
computer games).
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Enjoys more playtimes with other
children, and practices most social skills he/she sees
adults using.
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Involve your child in planning daily
activities. Talk about things you need for a birthday
party, for a weekend trip or going to the beach.
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While brushing teeth, practice
making faces in the mirror (pucker your lips like a
fish, wag your tongue back and forth, touch different
teeth with your tongue)
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Make small books of your daily
activities out of construction paper. You write the
sentences that your child says. He/she can draw the
pictures. Follow a sequence of washing the clothes,
setting the table, or getting dressed. Have him/her
share his book with family and friends.
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