Children’s Early Words
The timeline shows the point at which 50% of children say a particular word.
Months Words
12 daddy, mommy
17
cracker, apple, cheese, ear,
keys, bath, peekaboo,
vroom, up, down
These words fall into
a few categories such as :
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animals cat
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toys ball
The timeline makes it
very clear that most children’s vocabulary starts exploding around the age of
16 months (1 year 4 months) at the point when they say about 50 words, though
the reasons for this are still unclear.
Source Clark, 2003
Children's Early Word Combinations Words in the UK National Curriculum BabyTalk words