- Model being a listener by listening to children and taking account of what they say in your responses to them.
- Have conversations with children as part of everyday activities.
- Be aware of the child’s body language and be receptive to opportunities to join in playful encounters.
- Model and encourage language for thinking by using phrase such as I wonder…, What if…, I have an idea.
- Encourage repetition, rhythm and rhyme by using tone and intonation as you tell, recite or sing stories, poems and rhymes from books.
- Be aware of and actively support the needs of children learning English as an additional language from a variety of cultures and ask parents to share their favourite stories, rhymes and songs in their home languages.
