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Semantic Development Milestones

This document outlines semantic development milestones in children from ages 1 to 6. It shows that a child's understanding of word meanings and relationships grows gradually over these years. A 1-year-old can name some objects and follow simple directions, while a 2-year-old begins to understand different word types like verbs and prepositions. By ages 3 to 4, children can sort objects, identify similarities and differences, and describe objects. Between ages 5 to 6, they develop abilities like categorizing items in more complex ways, understanding temporal concepts, and providing definitions.

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Semantic Development Milestones

This document outlines semantic development milestones in children from ages 1 to 6. It shows that a child's understanding of word meanings and relationships grows gradually over these years. A 1-year-old can name some objects and follow simple directions, while a 2-year-old begins to understand different word types like verbs and prepositions. By ages 3 to 4, children can sort objects, identify similarities and differences, and describe objects. Between ages 5 to 6, they develop abilities like categorizing items in more complex ways, understanding temporal concepts, and providing definitions.

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SEMANTIC DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES

Semantics is the understanding of word meanings and the relationships between words.
Children’s semantic development is a gradual process beginning just before the child says their
first word and incudes a wide range of word types.

A 1 year old can: A 2 year old can now also:
ü Name some common objects ü Understand a variety of word types (e.g.,
ü Follow simple one-step directions nouns, verbs, pronouns, prepositions,
ü Identify some body parts etc.)
ü Answer basic yes/no questions ü Understand some simple concept terms
ü Understand some locations words (e.g., (e.g., big/little)
in, on) ü Begin to follow simple two-step
ü Understand simple what, where and who directions
questions ü Include basic emotions words in
vocabulary (e.g., sad, happy, mad)
ü Understand some basic grammatical
markers (e.g., -ing, plural s)

A 3 year old can now also: A 4 year old can now also:
ü Name parts of objects (e.g., wheels, door ü Describe the function of common objects
handle, etc.) (e.g., chair is for sitting, car is for driving)
ü Sort objects into categories (e.g., foods, ü Describe differences and similarities
animals, clothing, etc.) between objects
ü Identify items that are the same or ü Provide common antonyms (e.g., wet vs
different dry) and synonyms (e.g., fast and quick)
ü Understand exclusionary term ‘not’ (e.g., ü Identify things that go together (e.g., ball
find the hat that is not blue) and bat, fork and spoon) from a small
ü Use some shape, colour, letter and group of items
number words ü Describe an object using 3 or more
adjectives (e.g., size, shape, texture,
appearance, etc.)

A 5 year old can now also: A 6 year old can now also:
ü Sort items based on different ü Name categories and subcategories (e.g.,
categorization qualities (e.g., items that Clothing – winter items)
move, come from a farm, living vs non- ü Describe an item with four or more
living, etc.) terms (e.g., category, parts, description,
ü Use a growing variety of words based on place of origin, etc.)
personal interests and experiences (e.g., ü Identify less obvious differences and
musical terms, sporting words, cultural similarities between objects (e.g. a bike
customs, etc.) is different from a motorcycle because
ü Understand temporal concepts (e.g., one has an engine and the other you
before, after, yesterday, today, pedal)
tomorrow) ü Understand superlatives (e.g., big, bigger,
ü Provide simple definitions for some biggest)
known words (e.g., genius means ü Understand more conjunction words
someone who is really smart) (e.g. unless, so, while, since, etc.)
ü Use past knowledge to help them ü Understand ordinal position (e.g., first,
understand new word meanings second, third, fourth, etc.)


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