Lauren and I acknowledge that you are your child’s first teacher. With this in mind, we believe that you hold the keys to supporting your child to understand their spoken words. Here are five tips to support you: 1. Make Connections – Engage your child in conversations about everyday activities. Whether you are making breakfast […]
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Welcome back to part 2 of our focus on language development tips for parents. How many of the tips did you practise this week? Following on from tip 5 with you reading together, providing a language rich environment for your child is essential to their reading journey. Let’s continue! 6 Start to point out words
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Language development is the cornerstone for reading. It underpins communication and understanding and occurs over many years. The ability to express oneself (expressive language) allows for ideas, thoughts, opinions, and feelings to be communicated. In addition, the ability to understand what is being said (receptive language), allows for questioning, comprehension and interpretation; each skill is
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