3. Cognitive Skills by age 5 Has a sentence of 5 – 6 words Has a vocabulary of around 2000 words Defines objects by their use Knows their address, street and town Can count 10 or more objects Knows at least 4 colors
5. Language Development by 5 Carry on meaningful conversation with another person Understands relations between objects Talk about or tell stories Often calls people by relationship to others
6. Developing cogative and language skills Play peek a boo Talk to your baby throughout the day Pick interactive learning toys Naming games Play make believe
7. How to improve Speech and Language If you don’t understand what your child says. Don’t pretend to understand by saying ok, or yes, that’s right If the child makes errors repeat what he/she attempted to say Read to your child