Taking Time to Talk Improving Communication and Language in EYFS

To enable the participants to:

• Look at the role of the adult in an EYFS setting to enable a child the time to talk.
• Focus on spaces where children feel safe to talk and express themselves either within child led opportunities in continuous provision or through focused activities such as a circle time or a show and tell.
• Investigate how to support children to take turns and listen to others as well as techniques to support those reluctant to talk.
• Look at how singing in EYFS can develop confidence to speak.
• Look at introducing new vocabulary through fiction, non fiction and poetry.
• Look at how to develop activities to encourage speaking in the past, present, and future tense.