7 - 11 Years
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At 7 - 11 years of age your child should be able to understand words that have more than one meaning / multiple meanings, e.g. 'solution' can mean the answer to a problem, or a liquid.
- They should be able to understand some implied or suggested information in stories and conversations.
- They should begin to understand sayings (metaphor) and other abstract meaning, e.g., 'you are my sunshine', 'it was as clear as mud'.
- They should understand words relating to time, e.g., before, after, yesterday, this evening, etc.
- They should remember 3 or more items in short term memory.
- They should understand and use question words, e.g. who, when, why.
- They should be able to follow a story without having pictures present.
- They should be learning new words in the classroom and can make some links between related information.
- Your child should be making only a few errors with the grammar of spoken sentences so sentences sound correct.
- They should be able to relay a sequence of events or quite complicated stories.
- They should have a growing awareness of others' points of view and opinions.
- Their immature errors with pronunciation are less. Speech is understandable.
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Speech sounds being used at this age: th and th (voiced and voiceless).
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Common/ typical errors heard at this age: Brother becomes brover, thin becomes fin.