F Y I : Communication: Children’s language develops in predictable stages.

Kindergarten  5- to 6-year-olds may:

 

·     Continue to expand vocabulary to about 5,000 to 8,000words;

 

·     Be extremely articulate, with adult like speech;

 

·     Be aware that a word can have more than one meaning;

 

·     Begin to use language to control situations;

 

·     Often misunderstand words and use them in humorous ways;

 

·     Carry on conversations with others, but still want to dominate.