Full Description
This guide accompanies two engaging story books, The Mud Cakes and The Treasure Hunt, designed to support young children's speech, language and communication development and their foundational knowledge of positional words.
Shaped by both scientific insight and lived experience, the guide delivers digestible research relating to communication and language development together with evidence-based strategies for supporting young children. It makes complex theory highly accessible and includes real life examples, practical pointers, and activity prompts to use while reading the story books. Throughout, the book also links to a variety of short videos on the companion website, bringing the theory to life in both concrete and joyful ways.
Used alongside the story books, this accessible guide is an essential tool for early years educators and primary teachers working with children from three to five years, as well as speech and language therapists and parents.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Let's Love Language!
Chapter Two: It's Good to Talk
Chapter Three: Talk Talk Talk!
Chapter Four: Voicing the Vocabulary
Chapter Five: Playful Interactions
Chapter Six: Watch me Watching you!
Chapter Seven: Let's Have a Chuckle Together
Chapter Eight: Words are Wonderful
Chapter Nine: Chatterboxes
Chapter Ten: Getting down to the business of conversation
Last Word
Helpful websites
References
Index
