Speech and language: Typical development for age groups
Guidance for practitioners of children 5 to 11 years Key Stage 1-2
The resources below should help to provide you with an idea of what a young person should be doing in their communication development according to their age.
- The Typical Talk at Primary posters from the Speech and Language UK charity has a useful summary of ages and stages of language and communication development for primary aged pupils and costs £1.00
- The Speech and Language UK charity booklet gives advice and guidance on how to encourage communication in children and young people, explain what children will likely be doing at a given age and give top tips for what you can do as a practitioner and in a setting: Universally Speaking 5-11 years
- The Speech and Language UK charity: Progression Tools Early Years Set and the Wellcomm: The complete speech and language toolkit, from screening to intervention, are also helpful resources to buy
If you want to know what you can do to help a child move on to their next steps, or are concerned about a little ones’ communication development, have a chat with your child’s education setting, and take a look at what you can do to support a child/young person's speech, language or communication development.
If you think a referral to Speech and Language Therapy is needed, you can find more information on how to refer a child or young person to Speech and Language Therapy.
