{"id":852,"date":"2016-03-09T14:38:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T14:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staff.berlinschools.org\/preschool\/?page_id=852"},"modified":"2016-09-22T23:38:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T23:38:51","slug":"speech-and-language-age-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staff.berlinschools.org\/preschool\/communication\/speech-and-language-age-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech and Language Age 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>YOUR CHILD\u2019S SPEECH AND LANGUAGE AT 5<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><u><i>Although there\u2019s a wide range of \u201caverage\u201d at this age, here are some developmental markers to look for in a five year old child\u2019s language development: <\/i><\/u><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Defines objects by their use (You eat with a fork) , color and size<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Knows spatial relations like \u201con top\u201d, \u201cbehind\u201d. \u201cfar\u201d and \u201cnear\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Has a sentence length of 5-6 words<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Has a vocabulary of around 2000 words<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Uses all speech sounds with the possible exception of f,v,l,r,th,ch,ch,z<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Knows common opposites like \u201cbig\/little\u201d and \u201chard\/soft\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Understands same and different<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Counts ten objects<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Can tell the main idea or theme in a story<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Uses future, present and past tense<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Stays with one activity for around 15 minutes<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Questions for information<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Uses complex sentences like: \u201cI can go in the house after I take off my muddy shoes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><u><i>You can stimulate your child\u2019s speech and language by: <\/i><\/u><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Encouraging your child to use language to express his feelings, ideas, dreams, wishes and fears<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Continuing to read longer stories<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Encouraging conversations with your child about varied topics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YOUR CHILD\u2019S SPEECH AND LANGUAGE AT 5 Although there\u2019s a wide range of \u201caverage\u201d at this age, here are some developmental markers to look for in a five year old child\u2019s language development: \u2022 Defines objects by their use (You eat with a fork) , color and size \u2022 Knows spatial relations like \u201con top\u201d, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staff.berlinschools.org\/preschool\/communication\/speech-and-language-age-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Speech and Language Age 5<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":522,"featured_media":0,"parent":372,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-852","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.berlinschools.org\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.berlinschools.org\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.berlinschools.org\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.berlinschools.org\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.berlinschools.org\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/staff.berlinschools.org\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3342,"href":"https:\/\/staff.berlinschools.org\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/852\/revisions\/3342"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.berlinschools.org\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.berlinschools.org\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}