At 4 years

Children can usually:

  • Answer most questions about daily tasks.
  • Understand most wh-questions, including those about a story they have recently heard.
  • Understand some numbers.
  • Show an awareness that some words start or finish with the same sounds.

When it comes to speaking, children can usually:

  • Use words, such as ‘and’, ‘but’ and ‘because’, to make longer sentences
  • Describe recent events, such as morning routines.
  • Ask lots of questions use personal pronouns (e.g., he/ she, me/you) and negations (e.g., don’t/can’t).
  • Count to five and name a few colours.

Tip:

No need to always read the whole book. Talk about pictures that interest me.

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