Lead activities, experiences and educational opportunities to promote children’s speech, language and communication
This video ‘Speech journey’ produced by I CAN examines how children develop their speech, language and communication skills. Remember, the ages on the video are just a guide. Click on the right arrow to watch one further video on this topic.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'Information and support’ from the Speech and Language UK website
- 'Universally speaking: The ages and stages of children’s communication and development – from birth to 5 years’ from The Communication Trust
- 'About talking’ on the AFASIC website
- 'Don’t get me wrong’ from The Communication Trust
- 'Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years: Statutory guidance for organisations which work with and support children and young people who have special educational needs or disabilities’ from the Department for Education
- 'Information about speech, language and communication needs’ by Early Support
- 'Development Matters' from the Department for Education
- 'Activities to develop speech and language skills’ from the I Communicate website.
- 'The Speech, Language and Communication Framework (SLCF)’ from the Communication Trust
- 'Why use Communication and Language tracking tools?’ from Early Years Careers
- 'Child Monitoring Tool and Action Plan’ from Leicestershire County Council
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation on 'Supporting communication'.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation 'Let's talk environment'.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- This section of Speech and Language UK website contains resources for those working in the Early Years, including information about children's communication development and how to identify and support children with speech, language and communication needs.
- The children’s communication charity ICAN and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) produced a report in 2018 called ‘Bercow: Ten Years On’ which is a report on the state of provision for children’s speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) in England. Click to read more about the challenges of getting support with SLCN.
- Click to read ‘A case study on a provision map designed for reception children identified with varying Speech, Language and Communication Needs’ which examines the impact of ICANs targeted SLC programmes.
- The Department for Education has produced ‘Exploring interventions for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs: A study of practice’ which examines different intervention strategies used by age group.
- Click to read 'Building a loving, learning and language rich environment through play and positive daily interaction' on the Aussie Deaf Kids website.
- Download a copy of the National Strategies document ‘Supporting children with speech, language and communication needs: Guidance for practitioners in the Early Years Foundation Stage’. As you read, notice what it says about the needs of children generally in terms of a language rich environment and how individual language and communication needs can be met.
- This section of the National Literacy Trust has resources for the Early Years practitioners to support speech, language and communication.
- This section of the Ofstednews YouTube channel contains videos on communication and language in the early years curriculum.
- Think And Challenge
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