Using language

In this lesson, we will look at information about how a child begins to vocalise during early development. Activities are targeted to support the adult to model and extend early vocalisations.

In this lesson, we will introduce the viewer to early choice making and strategies that can be used to support the child to communicate their preferences in everyday activities.

In this lesson, we will investigate modelling language. Children need to be able understand words before they can use them. This lessons reinforces strategies to support adults to model language to support their child's ability to then be able to use it.

In this lesson, we will focus on how activities can target the development of a child's use and understanding of naming words.

In this lesson, we will extend activities to promote the child's use and understanding of naming vocabulary.

In this lesson, we will focus on how activities can target the development of a child's use and understanding of doing words.

In this lesson, we will extend activities to promote the child's use and understanding of verb vocabulary.

In this lesson, we will explore how activities can target the development of describing words through multisensory activities.

In this lesson, we will explore how activities can target the development of positional words through multisensory activities.

In this lesson, we will introduce colourful semantics as a strategy to support children to combine words to make simple sentences.

In this lesson, we will explore colourful semantics as a strategy to support children to combine words to make 4 word sentences.

In this lesson, we will continue to explore colourful semantics as a strategy to support children to combine more words to make more detailed and descriptive sentences.

In this lesson, we will provide activities to support children to use their language to give instructions and information in fun tasks.

In this lesson, we will outline how children develop their narrative skills and provides activities to support them to work towards using strategies to write their own stories and narratives.