Communication and language eyfs

Looking for a cheap, easy to use therapy material? How about paper bags? I love using paper bags for a variety of activities. Here are some simple ways I have incorporated paper bags into my therapy sessions. 1. Puppets My students love to use puppets to "eat" their articulation cards or other target cards. They also love to use them to tell stories. Making puppets from paper bags is a great, inexpensive way to engage your students in a variety of activities! You can easily make a puppet to…

Here’s a fun preschool alphabet game that will have kids learning their letters in no time! Jonathan loves playing the memory game, so I thought why not combine it with learning the alphabet! Paper plates are such a handy craft supply. I grabbed a stack and wrote letters on them with Sharpies. I did pairs […]

How to make a musical shaker, and toddler games with musical shakers for speech and language development

Finding it difficult to get some inspiration? Here are 10 simple EYFS activities to help the children at your nursery develop their Communication & Language skills.

The best way to help a child's speech and language development is through play. Here are 10 simple activities that you can do at home, including the key vocabulary to focus on, to help develop your child's speech and oral language. The key to these activities is about engaging with the child and using simple, useful language that matches the actions of play. This puts the language into context with what they are experiencing and gives them opportunities to hear, use and practice the language…

Creating a rainbow world for Thomas and his friends. This has been their independent building project for the last few days. They have been so absorbed they have played every waking moment, other than meal times. Resources Thomas trains Brio train set Grimm’s rainbow Grimm’s fire Grimm’s water wave Grimm’s stacking bowls Grimm’s mushrooms Grapat