Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Vocabulary Test, Round 1

I ran across this article today which lists the top 25 words every toddler should be using by the age 2, according to a study by the Child Study Institute (I'm sure they're the experts, they have an institute for goodness sake). These 25 words are considered to be the building blocks of a child's vocabulary. While the little man understands all of these words and can point/show you many of them, at this point we've only had audible confirmation of a handful, albeit some more forceful than others. #21 he can say with great zeal over and over again, and will even add in a hearty head shake for emphasis.


  1. all gone
  2. baby
  3. ball
  4. banana
  5. bath
  6. bye bye - YES
  7. book
  8. car
  9. cat
  10. cookie
  11. daddy - YES
  12. dog
  13. eye
  14. hat
  15. hello/hi - YES
  16. hot
  17. juice
  18. milk
  19. mommy - YES
  20. more
  21. no - Oh, YES
  22. nose
  23. shoe
  24. thank you - YES
  25. yes - YES (but not nearly as widely used as 'no')

Seven months and a long way to go!

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