# Is My Child On Track? Speech & Language Milestones

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**Speech Zone**

## The group chat summary

Thanks to everyone who joined **Is My Child On Track? Speech & Language Milestones** with [Chelsey Kotler](/content/experts/speech-zone/index.html). This conversation offered a clear, reassuring look at how speech and language skills typically grow between ages two and five, along with practical ways parents can feel more confident about what they’re seeing at home.

🗣️ **Speech and language are not the same**  
Chelsey explained that speech refers to sounds, pronunciation, and clarity. Language includes understanding words, using vocabulary, building sentences, and communicating ideas. A child may have challenges with speech, language, or both - and each can look different in everyday life.

👶 **Communication starts before words**  
Early signs like eye contact, gestures, pointing, babbling, and responding to names are crucial in a child's early communication development.