Your child should be able to:

• Understand shapes and colour names.
• Understand some time words such as lunchtime, today and winter.
• Ask ‘who’, ‘what’ and ‘when’ questions.
• Use about 900 words, usually in four or five word sentences.
• Use correct grammar with occasional mistakes such as ‘I falled down’.
• Use language when playing with other children.
• Speak clearly enough to be understood by most people.