We communicate and develop our language:

• When we talk about things that interest us
• When we listen to each other
• By noticing different sounds when we’re out and about
• By singing songs, saying rhymes and sharing books
• When we take on a role in play
• When we play games like ‘I spy’, ‘What’s in the box?’ or ‘Sound Bingo’
• By creating poems and telling stories which practitioners write down for us through ‘story scribing’

Useful links:

• Ring a ring o roses song http://nottslanguageforlife.co.uk/Song/13/ring-a-ring-o-roses
• Reading together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojyv0KDd-vQ
• Talking and listening – how’s my child doing? http://www.talkingpoint.org.uk/ages-and-stages
• Have you visited your local Children’s Centre lately? You can visit any of them! http://childrenscentresfinder.direct.gov.uk/childrensCentre-location-search-results/?sortby=relavence&searchstringrefine=nr28&distanceValue=10
• Free books at your local library! https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/libraries-local-history-and-archives/libraries/your-local-library/locations-and-opening-times
• Speech and Language support http://www.ican.org.uk/en/sitecore/content/ICAN2/Global/Content/Audience%20Menu/Parents%20and%20carers.aspx
• We use Jolly Phonics to introduce letter sounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCjJYB07aSU