North Carolina Early Learning and Development Progressions: Birth to Five

Domain: NC Foundations for Early Learning: Language Development and Communication (LDC)

Subdomain: Learning to Communicate

Goal: Children speak audibly and express thoughts, and feelings, and ideas clearly.

Skill Progression: Possible developmentally appropriate sound errors

Age: 33-36 Months

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Simplifies words that are multisyllabic to CV or CVCV form (e.g., banana becomes "nana")

Situations for Observation of Skill

Possible sound errors are in included so that if observed they are not considered atypical. Many children will exhibit these errors as part of a normal sequence of development.

Elicitation Strategy

No elicitation needed.

Behavior Observed

Simplifies words that are multisyllabic to CV or CVCV form (e.g., banana becomes "nana")

Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)

Early childhood educators may need to explain to parents that some sound errors are not considered atypical. Many children will exhibit these errors as part of a normal sequence of development.

 North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015

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