4 – 5 Years
RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE
- Begins to recognise some letters of the alphabet
- Understands ‘when’ questions
- Understands time language concepts, such as ‘now/later,’ ‘yesterday/today,’ and ‘morning/night’
- Starts to understand 3 part instructions
EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE
- Uses all personal pronouns correctly, including ‘he/she,’ ‘his/her,’ and ‘I/me/mine’
- Names the days of the week in the correct order
- Maintains the correct theme and sequences when telling a story
- Can identify similarities and differences in objects
- Uses well formed sentences to be understood by various people
