- Beginning to make spontaneous cooing sounds
- Resembling vowel sounds
- They are vowel-like sounds rather than consonant because it is harder to coordinate your lips and breath
Stage 2: Babbling Stage (4-10 months)
- Repeated consonant and vowel sounds
- It becomes more complex around 8-10 months
- Echolalic babbling - reflects intonation and rhythm
Stage 3: Holophrastic Stage (1 year)
- Word-like units
- Idiomorphs - invented words
- Producing more conventional words that resemble adult pronunciation and meaning
Stage 4: Two-word Stage (2 years)
- Using two words
Stage 5: Telegraphic Stage
- Only include content words
- No conjunctions, article, prepositions or word endings
Stage 6: Beginning Oral Fluency
- Moderately fluent
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