Most children entering early years' classes can...
- understand four to five pieces of information given in one sentence, such as 'Close your book and put your pencil in the tin and stand up'
- use utterances of six + words, conjunctions such as 'because', 'so' and reasoning, such as '...so he can get it'
- be easily understood by everyone, although there may be some immaturity of speech sounds
- take turns
- appreciate another person's point of view at a basic level
- use their language appropriately to interact
- maintain interactions.
Language development starts at birth, but the most noticeable period of development is between eighteen months and four years.