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    3 - 4 Years

    Speech Milestones

    Four-year-olds are chatterboxes filled with curiosity, developing complex sentences, cooperative play, and pre-writing skills.

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    Your Child's 4th Year (3 - 4 Years)

    Key speech milestones to watch for during this stage.

    Expressive Language: Tells simple stories, expresses full ideas with detail
    Receptive Language: Understands in/on/under, answers simple 'who/what/where' questions
    Speech Sounds: Nearly 100% intelligible, most speech sounds mastered
    Social Communication: Cooperative play with friends, sustains conversations with peers
    Feeding: Fully independent with utensils, manages a wide range of food textures
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