Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Vocabulary at 18 months

Words Jacob says most often:
Ball (baah)
Book (buuh)
Yogurt (Go Gur!)
Taxi (ta si!)
The Bus (da buuh)
Truck (druh)
Bath (Baaaahs)
Boat (boah)
Bear (buuh)
Outside (atie)
Milk (mooah)
Bye (bye!)
Night-night (bye!)
Dog (duh)
Baby (beebee)
As you can see, some of these sound very similar, so context is everything...

Words/phrases he thinks he's saying but isn't quite saying:
Keys
Door
Family names
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!" (nomuh! (with finger waving))
story
wheels on the bus

Animals he can say the sounds for:
elephant (raspberry lips)
cat (Mao!)
Bear, Tiger, Lion, Leopard (Raowr!)
sheep (baa)
goats (baa)
fish (lips open and close silently)
whale (weeeeohhh (like a siren))
horse (nay)
cow (moo)
monkey (ooohh ohh aahh ahh)
owl (whoo)
parrot/bird (awwww)

Animals he can make the movements for:
gorilla (thumping chest)
penguin (turning head)
donkey (kicking feet)
buffalo (shrugging shoulders)

The sounds that wake us in the morning and put us to sleep at night and keep us entertained pretty much every hour of every day:
Fire engine sirens (whee oohh whee ohh!)
beeping cars, taxis, and buses (beep beep)

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