The following are stages of language development for toddlers - ranging in age from 2 to 2 1/2 years of age.

Receptive

• Comprehend several action words
• Comprehends the prepositions 'in' and 'under'
  
• Distinguishes between one and many
• Listens to simple to stories
• ID objects by their use
• Comprehends different sentence structures (e.g. sentence, question, exclamation)

Expressive

• 200-300 word vocabulary
  
• Ask questions:  egocentric in nature
  
• Says full name
  
• Uses own syntax (look, me, no)
  
• Can repeat up to 2 digits
• Uses articles and conjunctions