checklist for evaluating ‘Language Skills’ of 5 year old children. At the age of 5 years he/she must have the following language skill -

• Comprehending position concepts in front; in a line; corner; middle.
• Comprehending size concepts short (length); short (height); tall; fat thin.
• Comprehending quantity concepts 5; most; few; pair.
• Comprehending concepts: same; different (size); different (function).
• Comprehending time concepts: yesterday; tomorrow; morning; afternoon; later.
• Understanding colour words (e.g. red, green).
• Understanding shape words (e.g. square, triangle).
• Using How & When questions.
• Using more complex sentences.
• Sorting objects into categories (e.g. animals, food).
• Using imaginative language in play – likes to pretend and act out stories.
• Telling several attributes about an object.
• Talking about past and future events.
• Using pronouns his, hers, theirs (e.g. It is his/hers/theirs).
• Using comparative –er and superlative -est (e.g. big, bigger, biggest).
• Using ‘is‘ vs ‘are‘ (e.g. The monkey is eating a banana vs The monkeys are eating the bananas).
• Using past tense ‘to be’ (e.g. I was running; They were running).
• Using connectors ‘and‘ (e.g. I want a banana and an apple) and ‘because‘ (e.g. The boy was crying because he fell over and hurt his knee).
• Using adverb –ly (e.g. quickly, slowly, quietly).
• Using irregular plurals (e.g. mice, children, men).
• Using irregular past tense (e.g. fell, broke, ate).

Often by 5 or 6 years, children have good communication skills. They are better at using language in different ways e.g. discussing ideas or giving opinions.

Children develop skills at different rates, but beyond 5 years, usually children will:

• Focus on one thing for longer without being reminded.
• Rely less on pictures and objects to learn new words.
• Use their language skills in learning to read, write and spell.
• Learn that the same word can mean two things, such as 'orange' the fruit and 'orange' the colour.
• Learn that different words can mean the same thing such as ’minus’ and ‘take away’.
• Understand feelings and descriptive words like 'carefully', 'slowly' or 'clever'.
• Use language for different purposes such as asking questions or persuading.
• Share and discuss more complex ideas.
• Use language in a range of social situations.

Speech Sound Development

By this age, your child should be able to consistently make the following sounds correctly:
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