Language Development: 4 to 5 years

Pays attention to a short story and answers simple questions about it

  YES                  NO

Hears and understands most of what is said at home and in school

  YES                  NO

Uses sentences that give many details

  YES                  NO

Tells stories that stay on topic

  YES                  NO

Communicates easily with other children and adults

  YES                  NO

Says most sounds correctly except for a few (l, s, r, v, z, ch, sh, and th)

  YES                  NO

Uses rhyming words

  YES                  NO

Names some letters and numbers

  YES                  NO

Uses adult grammar

  YES                  NO