Allgood Elementary

Child Development 5 years of age and older

 

Speech Sound Development

Please refer to the sound development chart below for information on the acquisition of speech sounds.  Many children continue to have speech errors until the age of 8.  If you child is older than 8 and continues to exhibit sound errors, see below for further information. 

• Sound Development /Articulation Norms 

                Sound Development Norms

 

Speech / Language Development 

Children continue to develop their ability to use accurate grammatical forms, understand higher level vocabulary, make inferences, understand jokes / sarcasm and develop appropriate social skills to carry on a conversation.  

• American Speech-Language Hearing Association Language Developmental norms

               http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/chart/

 

Listening / Following Development   

      http://speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34:ages&catid=11:admin&Itemid=117 

 

Social Skills Development

    http://www.ldonline.org/article/6050/