Re: Speech Delay help


For what it's worth, my older son was in a nursery school class of 9
2-year olds, all with birthdays in a very narrow (3 month) range. At
the start of the school year, with all the kids just hitting 24-26
months, only four children spoke more than a few single words.
(Interestingly, three of the early speakers were at the younger end of
the age range.) By the end of the school year, with the kids all
about 33-35 months old, all of them had exploded with language and were
really speaking. The same children were together for the next two
years, and as far as I know there were no obvious language difficulties
for any of them.

The teachers all seemed to think that every one of the kids was
perfectly normal in their language development.

--Beth Kevles
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Disclaimer: Nothing in this message should be construed as medical
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