Speech Delays in Twins - Identifying Speech Delays in Multiples

Between 4-5 years, your children should:
Use past tense correctly
Have a vocabulary of about 1,500 words
Be able to identify major colors
Understand concepts of opposites
Speak clearly
Use more than 5 words in a sentence
Re-tell a story in own words

Though speech/language delays may be common in multiples, they can have a profound affects on their success in school. Proper speech and language development are building blocks for good reading and writing skills. So what do you do if one or all of your multiples are not meeting these guidelines? The next page of this article explains how to get help.