Your preschooler has so much to tell you and so many words to use! English learning in children aged between three and four years includes a continually growing vocabulary. Your child will also show that he understands the basic rules of grammar.

Here are some English learning milestones to look for.

- Speak in increasingly complex sentences by joining small sentences together using
words like ‘and’ or ‘because’.
- Be able to use long sentences of up to nine words by 5.
- Can listen to details and retell a story
- Recalls part of a story
- Uses future tense
- Tells longer stories
- Says name and address
- Can count ten or more objects
- Correctly names at least four colors
- Better understands the concept of time
- Knows about things used every day in the home (money, food, appliances)
- Sing simple songs in English, use rhymes and made-up words
- Talk about what they’re thinking
- Follow simple directions
- Understand the difference between reality and fantasy
- Understand about consequences and think using logical steps
- Pronounce most of the sounds correctly in their native language and some in English
- Understand abstract ideas related to size or time
- Ask about words they don’t understand or haven’t heard before in both languages
- Draw basic shapes and write some letters
- Identify more sounds and letters in English. They will be able to recognize rhymes while singing songs in English.

Try eKids for more support on those English learning milestones for your 4 to 5-year-old child.