Receptive language skills (attention and listening skills; vocabulary development; following directions; understanding sentences and stories; responding to communicative intent of peers and adult partners).
Expressive language skills (using age-appropriate phonology and articulation skills; using a variety of words; formulating simple and complex sentences; expressing a variety of communicative functions; engaging with peers).
Play, social interaction, and emergent literacy skills (using toys, props, and literacy materials in dramatic play; interacting appropriately with others; interacting with books and demonstrating emergent writing skills).
Oral narrative skills (from sequences to simple stories).