Elaborations

• responding to their name and the names of familiar people
• responding consistently to familiar contexts including people, places and objects
• showing that sound and action convey meaning
• contributing to small group discussions by sharing a favourite toy
• gaining and directing attention, such as turning attention toward the person who is communicating
• recognising some of the sounds, gestures and facial features of familiar people and contexts
• reproducing part of a short message by pointing and/or using objects or pictures