Table 3: 

First and last words acquired by the language models and children. For language models, we identified words that were in the top or bottom 5% of ages of acquisition for all models. For children, we identified words in the top or bottom 2% of ages of acquisition.

Language modelsChildren
First a, and, for, he, her, his, I, it, my, of, on, she, that, the, to, was, with, you baby, ball, bye, daddy, dog, hi, mommy, moo, no, shoe, uh, woof, yum 
Last bee, bib, choo, cracker, crayon, giraffe, glue, kitty, moose, pancake, popsicle, quack, rooster, slipper, tuna, yum, zebra above, basement, beside, country, downtown, each, hate, if, poor, walker, which, would, yourself 
Language modelsChildren
First a, and, for, he, her, his, I, it, my, of, on, she, that, the, to, was, with, you baby, ball, bye, daddy, dog, hi, mommy, moo, no, shoe, uh, woof, yum 
Last bee, bib, choo, cracker, crayon, giraffe, glue, kitty, moose, pancake, popsicle, quack, rooster, slipper, tuna, yum, zebra above, basement, beside, country, downtown, each, hate, if, poor, walker, which, would, yourself 
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