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Bloom & Lahey Model: Normal Developmental Sequence of Expressive Language
to Adapted from: Lahey, M. (1988). Language Disorders and Language Development. New York: Macmillan.
1 INPUT PRECURSORY GOALS
C P EXIS- NON- RECUR- REJEC- ATTRI- POS- LOCATIVE LOCATIVE QUAN- SPECIFI- EPI- ADVERS- COMMUN-
A H TENCE EXISTENCE RENCE TION DENIAL BUTION SESSION ACTION ACTION STATE STATE TITY NOTICE TEMPORAL ADDITIVE CAUSAL DATIVE CATION STEMIC ATIVE ICATION
ball man all gone no
1 more no no dirty da mommy wash - open up sit
1 there no more hot mine turn - help out
to 2 this necklace no pocket more coke hot stove dolly hat a eat juice - read a up Pat sweater
2 a rabbit no dirty more light dirty pants mommy sock book ride this chair away picture
3 that a no more soap Mommy open that man sit train a dolly up here I want book two cow
funny man I do it lamb a go car baby basket baby sleep library
2 that's red one Katie read this lamb go in there baby in Gia want daddy books
to 4 this a my bike no want man read another tape on truckwant eat my snack two cows RECEPTION I writing circle
3 that's a that book - can't do it baby in bed* I wanna go outside I hear Kevin man making muffins
Patsy's pen I write my pan where is it? I'm open door
this another no bear there's a tape - go where man go gonna make it man/ oooh, look at Gia did book
clown book round right there house the rabbit
what's this I draw red man gonna take wheel out this one goes in
make a big tree look at that there - that goes here
5 that's a book I can't reach there's the that's daddy's I broke a bridge put her down in the I want some I have that be the stove/ dirty hands/ open door I want
bolt barrels birthday I fed a ducky cradle more egg some want cook it/I dump hafta wash 'em Ms. Bloom that brush
who that? it's not in not bolts I found choo choo put this on my lap orange out this way/stir it
the bag that's my's train there not going away I got new pail juice going to see Nana I need
I not tired don't touch my I put on a Sue pin Tim want red one and Bill and Jack choo-choo train this blue*
I didn't get it* blocks you putting your many Look there's a bear can't go anyplace/ you get
I going wash sweater on I have to get your hat clay having a b'day party fix dat some
my hands I going out to play- I want to look and there's a buzz Kathryn
I want touch here ground hafta play ball all these and the little girl goes I want a handkerchief/
mommy hangs my it fell down want to see that in there out the bathtub unbutton it
3 socks up mama went bye-bye noise and eats
to 6 here goes a I want my table now/ your turn I want spoon and I this is a let's put
4 green wheel/ and chair now my turn going take it** stool for you these in
there goes a let's go get a cup I dirty so I take a bath* the box
green wheel for them ok/and you can't see it cause will you open
I put a little thing I want my supper they gonna have it's way inside these for me
in it some cereal I gonna step in puddle
I get more lamb She has a band-aid Ed's going home with sandals on and give the ball
in the train on her toe and take his coat off get it all wet to John
7 who broke it I can do it PERCEPTION SEQUENTIAL you bend her over looks like a fish- I don't know the butter-
what you doing I gon see let the mommy into ok/so I can put her ing thing and what color flies saw
now what should I want mommy get it there's more the frigerator and get on this rocking chair you fish with it I know where the bumble
we do with em tape some pineapple so she can rock he put it* bees here
what's the boy want the man yogart and then you stay away cause this what I got I think I put but they
feeding stand up look I found she come out I hafta go in there in New York some lot of a not
SIMULTANEOUS let's all take all the sugar in there coming out
I can only have the books out so we can and that's where I think draw
4 bear when I go to sleep read them the cake goes pink first
to 8 I want this doll to watch what You try to put the why the man who I asked you to buy
5 stay here I'm doing boy on there b/c he fixes the door more cereal
keeps falling off/o.k why'd you bring
see how fast she sweeps these shoes it's just a thing Mommy said I can
I want Pat's doll to I can run that I hold have it
stay b/c is all covered up why are you
I dumped all these putting it right this is the big
PERCEPTION blocks out and there one that goes
I better get a pot look what my made a big big mess over there
holder because I mommy got me
might burn my hands the bunny rabbits
now let me are sleeping & every
they should sit down try to see if I body's sleeping
in a chair could hit I was scratching
my head
would you help he isn't having
I hafta get that knife me show you any food
so I can cut the cake how to do a maybe the mommy
somersault will wash the boy
want something to you go in there and the girl
eat and watch me when will you go
eat Lois home

revised: 5/30/09
This chart identifies the normal developmental sequence of utterances that a child learning English expresses; i.e. says, signs, or cues.

In most children, comprehension develops before expression, meaning that most children are likely to comprehend utterances much more complex than the utterrances they are able to spontaneously express at the same
time. Input by a person fluent in English should be abundant throughout the language acquisition process and is absolutely necessary for both comprehension and expression to develop.
Notes:
* This specific utterance is not in the book, but it is the type of utterence specified in the book. ** This utterence is from the first edition of the book.