Page 9 - thought and language

24 MONTHS OLD

- Children begin to combine two or three

3 years OLD

wods to make short sentences. At this stage,

their speech is usually telegraphic.

SCHOOL AGE YEARS

- Children can usually use tenses and plurals

.

- Their language ability continues to grow.

They become able to recognize ambiguity and

sarcasm in language and to use metaphors

and pun.