Talking and Listening at Home: For Parents Course

What you will learn in 3 lessons

1. 1

   New Words Every Day

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   The parent adds new and precise words during play, books and routines; the child uses new nouns, verbs, describing words and category words in their own talk.

   6 learning goals

   What you will learn

   1. 1.Understand how your child learns new words
   2. 2.Explain new words so your child understands them
   3. 3.Add new words during routines, play and outings
   4. 4.Learn rare words from books
   5. 5.Build describing, comparing, action and category words
   6. 6.Repeat new words and help your child use them
2. 2

   Dialogic Reading at Home

   The parent reads with the child using prompts and expansions so the child does more of the talking; the child answers and asks questions about pictures and stories.

   5 learning goals

   What you will learn

   1. 1.Understand dialogic reading and get ready to share books
   2. 2.Use the PEER sequence to get your child talking
   3. 3.Use the five CROWD prompts and fit them to your child
   4. 4.Talk about pictures, stories and information books
   5. 5.Build a reading habit with well-chosen books, favorite rereads and the library
3. 3

   Telling and Retelling Stories

   The child retells a familiar story in order with story language and tells short stories about their own day; the parent scaffolds with props, pictures and sequence words.

   6 learning goals

   What you will learn

   1. 1.Understand what retelling is and how stories are built
   2. 2.Get to know a story well before retelling it
   3. 3.Help your child retell a familiar story in order
   4. 4.Use story language
   5. 5.Tell stories about real life
   6. 6.Make storytelling part of everyday life