By the age of 2½ your child’s speech should be understood by their close family.
By the age of 3 your child’s speech should be understood by familiar adults outside the home but it will not be perfect.
By the age of 4 your child’s speech should be understood most of the time.
Speech Sounds
Children learn sounds by listening to people speaking around them. Babies begin by playing with sounds first of all and then start to babble. This babble develops into longer strings which uses a wider range of sounds.
All children make speech errors whilst they are learning to talk. Speech sounds usually develop in a predictable pattern. This means that children cannot say all sounds straight away - some sounds develop later than others.
All children make speech errors whilst they are learning to talk. Speech sounds usually develop in a predictable pattern. This means that children cannot say all sounds straight away - some sounds develop later than others.
Speech Sound Norms
Taken from ELKLAN's 'Lets talk with under 5's'
