The programme in the Borough started in April 2010 with 20 settings participating. We are now embarking on Phase 2, which will involve another 20 settings and the Children’s Centres.
As part of this programme we are sending out weekly Talking Tips to all early years practitioners. The tips may provide new ideas or act as reminders of how to support children’s speech, language and communication development. In either case we hope that as early years practitioners, you will find them useful and that you will share them with your colleagues and parents.
The ECaT programme focuses on children between the ages of 2-4, however the majority of the tips will be relevant for children outside of this age-range.
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Year of Communication |
Hello: Don't take communication for granted (pdf, 65KB) |
Link to Hello - Website and calendars(pdf, 42KB) |
| 2 |
Adults are the best resource (ACI) |
Let the child start the talking(pdf, 60KB) |
Traffic Lights poster(pdf, 69KB) |
| 3 |
Adults are the best resource (ACI) |
Sign up for ECaT conference(pdf, 34KB) |
Questions poster(pdf, 73KB) |
| 4 |
Adults are the best resource (ACI) |
More comments - less questions(pdf, 54KB) |
Comments poster(pdf, 66KB) |
| 5 |
Adults are the best resource (ACI) |
Chatterbox Challenge(pdf, 97KB) |
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| 6 |
Adults are the best resource (ACI) |
Get Down and Talk(pdf, 56KB) |
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| 7 |
Communicating Friendly Environments (CFE) |
Worried about a child's SLC(pdf, 59KB) |
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| 8 |
Communicating Friendly Environments (CFE) |
Celebrate the child's home language(pdf, 54KB) |
www.booktime.org.uk |
| 9 |
Communicating Friendly Environments (CFE) |
Make Snack Time Talk Time(pdf, 53KB) |
Ten Tips for a Rolling Snack Bar(pdf, 124KB) |
| 10 |
English As An Additional Language |
Sequencing(pdf, 54KB) |
Ideas for developing sequencing skills(pdf, 104KB) |
| 11 |
Communicating Friendly Environments (CFE) |
Use books as an opportunity to talk(pdf, 53KB) |
Dialogic book talk(pdf, 12KB) |
| 12 |
Partnership with Parents (PWP) |
Involving parents(pdf, 52KB) |
Let's Talk(pdf, 11KB) |
| 13 |
Partnership with Parents (PWP) |
Dads are Important - Challenge(pdf, 59KB) |
Dad's are important template poster(pdf, 67KB) |
| 14 |
Partnership with Parents (PWP) |
Easter Egg Hunt(pdf, 55KB) |
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| 15 |
Partnership with Parents (PWP) |
Talking at the Supermarket(pdf, 51KB) |
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| 16 |
Partnership with Parents (PWP) |
Remember little ears are listening(pdf, 55KB) |
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| 17 |
Communicating Friendly Environments (CFE) |
Small groups for good language input(pdf, 54KB) |
Good Language input information sheet(pdf, 12KB) |
| 18 |
Adults are the best resource (ACI) |
Use open-ended questions(pdf, 61KB) |
Examples of open ended questions(pdf, 11KB) Speech bubbles(pdf, 11KB) |
| 19 |
Communicating Friendly Environments (CFE) |
Exploring Sounds - Environmental(pdf, 54KB) |
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| 20 |
Adults are the best resource (ACI) |
Remember the 4 Rs(pdf, 72KB) |
Raa, Raa the noisy lion(pdf, 263KB) |
| 21 |
Adults are the best resource (ACI) |
Break the I don't know cycle(pdf, 54KB) |
Dealing with I don't know(pdf, 138KB) |
| 22 |
Child Development |
Baby Talk at 6 months(pdf, 965KB) |
I am six months old: what should I be doing?(pdf, 166KB) |
| 23 |
Communicating Friendly Environments (CFE) |
Exploring Sounds - Instrumental sounds(pdf, 820KB) |
Ideas for introducing instrumental sounds(pdf, 140KB) |
| 24 |
Partnership with Parents (PWP) |
Summer time with SALT story times(pdf, 74KB) |
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| 25 |
Partnership with Parents (PWP) |
Families in the Foundation Year(pdf, 59KB) |
www.foundationyears.org.uk |
| 26 |
EAL |
Bilingual is an asset(pdf, 54KB) |
Bilingualism faq (Literacy Trust) |
| 27 |
Communicating Friendly Environments (CFE) |
Welcoming and settling new children(pdf, 50KB) |
Visual Timetables(pdf, 150KB): How to use and symbols to print(pdf, 27KB) |
| 28 |
Speech And Language Therapy |
Picnic in the Park(pdf, 73KB) |
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| 29 |
Adults are the best resource (ACI) |
Hear and Now Talk(pdf, 64KB) |
Looking at and Doing poster(pdf, 59KB) |
| 30 |
Adults are the best resource (ACI) |
Modelling Language(pdf, 57KB) |
Tips for modelling language(pdf, 179KB) |
| 31 |
Adults are the best resource (ACI) |
Choices(pdf, 58KB) |
Giving children choices(pdf, 53KB) |
| 32 |
Adults are the best resource (ACI) |
Model, Model, Model(pdf, 80KB) |
More ideas to support modelling language(pdf, 79KB) |
| 33 |
Letters and Sounds |
Exploring Sounds - a listening moment(pdf, 74KB) |
Good Listeners(pdf, 1371KB) |
| 34 |
Letters and Sounds |
Exploring Sounds - Environmental(pdf, 91KB) |
Mrs Browning has a box(pdf, 1467KB) |
| 35 |
Communicating Friendly Environments (CFE) |
Children as storytellers(pdf, 54KB) |
Children as storytellers resource information(pdf, 118KB) |
| 36 |
Communicating Friendly Environments (CFE) |
Story telling boxes(pdf, 73KB) |
Making a story box(pdf, 119KB) |
| 37 |
Communicating Friendly Environments (CFE) |
Small group activities(pdf, 53KB) |
Ideas for small group activities(pdf, 243KB) |
| 38 |
Small Group Activities |
Small group activities(pdf, 53KB) |
Benefits of small groups(pdf, 151KB) Planning and organising small group activities(pdf, 181KB) |
| 39 |
Adults as Storytellers |
Adults as storytellers(pdf, 53KB) |
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| 40 |
Props for Storytelling |
Props for storytelling(pdf, 54KB) |
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| 41 |
Learning new words for Christmas |
Learning new words at Christmas(pdf, 77KB) |
Early communicators: labelling at single word(pdf, 75KB) |
| 42 |
Value what children say(pdf, 72KB) |
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| 43 |
Remembering games(pdf, 52KB) |
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