Harvington C of E First and Nursery School
‘Together we love, learn and grow’
Expressive language
Children need to choose the right words and put them together in the right order to get their message across to other people
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Model lots of language for children to hear. Talk about things that your child is actually seeing, hearing and experiencing
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Leave pauses for children to join in the conversation even if it is only with a gesture or a noise
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Repeat any words your child says and add a word or two of your own so they can hear how to make it more complex
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Model their sentences back to them with the correct grammar so they have something to copy
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Help them to remember new words by talking about events afterwards. This will give them a chance to hear vocabulary again
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Introduce choice into activities whenever possible e.g. "Do you want the blue one or the red one?" to give them opportunities to use language in a meaningful way