Children’s Early Words
The timeline shows the point at which 50% of children say a particular word.
Mo.s Words
12 daddy, mommy
bottle, juice, bird, duck,
cookie,
woof, moo, ouch,
baabaaa,
night night, book,
balloon,
boat
17
cracker, apple, cheese,
ear,
keys, bath,
peekaboo,
vroom, up,
down
sock, hat, truck, boat,
thank you,
cat
These words fall into
a few categories such as :
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animals: cat
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toys: ball
The timeline makes it
very clear that most children's vocabulary starts exploding around the age of
16 months (1 year 4 months) at the point when they say about 50 words, though
the reasons for this are still unclear.
Source Clark, 2003
How do children learn words? Children's early word combinationsBabyTalk words
Words in the UK National Curriculum
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