Communication Milestones- 12 months

At 12 months, children can usually....

Understand

  • Understand about 10 words
  • Respond to their name
  • Recognise greetings and gestures, such as ‘hi’ and ‘bye-bye’
  • Recognise a few familiar people and objects (e.g, daddy, car, ball)
  • Make eye contact

Speak

  • Start to use sounds, gestures, and say a few words
  • Continue to babble
  • Copy different sounds an noises

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                (SPA, 2020)

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