“Serve and return” interaction, video from Harvard Center on the Developing Child
Case studies of practice, Nursery World
Series of identifiable stages
- Universally speaking – ages and stages of children’s communication development, ICAN website
- Progress checker from ICAN
- Stages of language development, The ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LUCID) (Powerpoint)
- Early Communication and Language, from the Every Child a Talker programme, National Strategies document
The importance of the early years, The ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LUCID) (video)
Supporting Speech and Language fact sheet, The Communications Trust
Speech sounds, ICAN fact sheet
Stewart, N. (2015) Listen to my idea! Communication and language in the early years in D. Whitebread and P. Coleman (2015), Teaching and Learning in the Early Years, 4th edition
Parents’ resources, The Communication Trust
Playful interactions, videos and activities – BBC Tiny Happy People
- How eye contact is key to your baby’s language learning – BBC Tiny Happy People
- How baby babble helps them to start speaking – BBC Tiny Happy People
- Brilliant Brains – how laughter and surprise help your baby learn – BBC Tiny Happy People
- Brilliant Brains – how your baby communicates through gestures – BBC Tiny Happy People
- Brilliant Brains – How babies start processing sounds in the womb – BBC Tiny Happy People
- Brilliant Brains 6-9 months – How babies come to recognise their name
- Don’t worry about sounding silly, baby talk is great!
National Literacy Trust, Words for Life website – activities for parents and support materials
Burke, N. (2018) Musical Development Matters in the Early Years: free downloadable guidance written to support the development of music practice and provision in settings plus free online resources to accompany the guidance: videos, questions for reflection, research, information and downloadable resources
Songs, rhymes and finger play pamphlet, Froebel Trust
The ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LUCID) Evidence Briefings:
- How can our responses to babies’ gestures help with their language development?
- Quantity vs. Quality of child-directed speech: what matters most?
- How does shared book reading help boost child language development?
NCB (2019) Closing the Word Gap with Jean Gross CBE, article, presentation and briefing paper
English as an additional language
- FAQ: Raising Bilingual Children, Linguistic Society of America
- Understanding the steps of learning for children with English as an additional language in the Early Years, Ethnic Minority Achievement Service, Brighton & Hove City Council
- Case studies EAL (??)
- Multilingual Manchester Research reports, University of Manchester
- The ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LUCID) Evidence Briefing – Myths and misconceptions about language development in multilingual children
- The Bell Foundation, EAL framework (create free account to access)
- NCB (2017) Supporting bilingual families, article, presentation and briefing paper
- DCSF (2007) Supporting children learning English as an additional language, National Strategy document
Bowen, C. (2011) Brown’s Stages of Syntactic and Morphological Development, Speech-language-therapy website
Talking with parents about children’s SCL Needs, ICAN video
Makaton information, resources and guidance, Makaton website
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