Encourage your child to talk to you, other children and other adults. This will help to develop their vocabulary, organisation, sequencing skills and confidence.

Encourage your child to:

• pronounce words correctly
• use full sentences in speech
• sing songs and rhymes
• talk about things they enjoy
• retell well known stories
• talk about family outings
• talk about school
• listen to stories and rhymes
• answer questions about a story they have just heard, e.g. ‘Why was Little Red Riding Hood going to Granny’s house?’
• listen to others speaking
• take turns in a conversation
• play listening games such as Lotto
• follow simple instructions e.g. ‘put the cups on top of the cupboard’.