By school age, your child should be able to:

• follow one and two step directions

• listen to short stories and answer questions about what he/she heard

• use pronouns I, me, he, and she correctly

• use spatial concepts words such as "on" and "behind"

• speak in full sentences using primarily correct grammar

• ask questions to obtain information

• answer where, how, how many, when, and why questions

• talk about past, future, and imaginary events

• understand time/space concepts such as "before" and "after", "first, second, last"

• initiate a conversation and stay on topic

• speak clearly enough to be understood by people outside of his/her family

By the age of 8, your child should be able to:

• use all speech sounds correctly in his/her conversational speech