Is this statement true or false? Speech, language and literacy are closely linked because to develop good literacy skills, you need to be able to speak and understand language.

Drag and drop the words into the correct gaps.

Reading to children, and engaging them actively in stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems, and then providing them with extensive to use and embed new words in a of contexts, will give children the opportunity to thrive.

Is this statement true or false? By commenting on what children are interested in or doing, and echoing back what they say with new vocabulary added, practitioners will build children's language effectively.