https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/eyfs-listen-and-play-index/zrrvhbk
The episodes on this website are all designed to support speech and language development in Nursery and Reception children.
Further information and guidance is available at the bottom of the page.
The Small Talk website has lots of activities and games that can help to improve your child’s communication.
The Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust has a document to support sequencing skills:
Click on the ‘Sequencing’ tab.
There’s also an interactive story maker on the ‘Fun With Spot’ website:
https://www.funwithspot.com/make-a-spot-story/
Children can make their own comic strip on the Discovery Espresso website. Click on Learning Links on the Peters Hill website, select Espresso and then search for comic strips.
It’s very important that your child hears a good model of the story. Use the pictures to tell the story first and then ask your child to tell you the same story. It doesn’t matter how many times you repeat it! The more the child hears the story, the better their retell will be.
Some children will need to use connectives in their retell (e.g. first, second, next, then etc) whilst others will need to fully explain what’s happening in the pictures. Please check your child’s speech and language targets for specific details.
Children will need to start with a short story (three or four pictures) and then can move on to a slightly longer story (six or seven). Once they’re ready, you can also use story books to help your children. Familiar stories are often the best because the child can already remember what’s happened. Don’t worry about your child reading the words – they can use the pictures as support.
The Espresso website has lots of sequencing activities (see the Learning Links section on the Peters Hill website). Simply search for ‘Sequencing Stories’.
The Oxford Owl website also has many online books (see your child’s Class Blog or email their class teacher to ask about logging in.)
This video shows how you can help children to make their own story:
https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/#information
The Hungry Little Minds website has ideas and activities for children from birth up the age of five to help with language development. There are suggestions for each age range and videos to help support you.
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