Little Brains Love to Talk

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A Practical Guide to Support Young Children’s Speech, Language and Communication

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

389 kr

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This guide accompanies two engaging story books, The Mud Cakes and The Treasure Hunt, designed to support young children’s speech, language and communication development and their foundational knowledge of positional words.Shaped by both scientific insight and lived experience, the guide delivers digestible research relating to communication and language development together with evidence-based strategies for supporting young children. It makes complex theory highly accessible and includes real life examples, practical pointers, and activity prompts to use while reading the story books. Throughout, the book also links to a variety of short videos on the companion website, bringing the theory to life in both concrete and joyful ways.Used alongside the story books, this accessible guide is an essential tool for early years educators and primary teachers working with children from three to five years, as well as speech and language therapists and parents.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-05-15
Mått210 x 297 x undefined mm
Vikt453 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor120
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
IllustratörSligo, Rachael
ISBN9781041012597

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Jacqueline Harding is Director of Tomorrow's Child and Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University. She is an internationally acclaimed child development expert with experience as a BBC education editor, Headteacher, government consultant, and author of numerous books for and about children. Jacqueline also works in children’s TV production.Rachael Sligo is a children's illustrator and primary teacher based in Northumberland. She has been teaching for 23 years and leads English across her school. Rachael has illustrated numerous books for both self-publishing and traditionally published authors and is passionate about promoting reading for pleasure.

AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter One: Let’s Love Language!Chapter Two: It’s Good to TalkChapter Three: Talk Talk Talk!Chapter Four: Voicing the VocabularyChapter Five: Playful InteractionsChapter Six: Watch me Watching you!Chapter Seven: Let’s Have a Chuckle TogetherChapter Eight: Words are WonderfulChapter Nine: ChatterboxesChapter Ten: Getting down to the business of conversationLast WordHelpful websitesReferencesIndex

"With two million children in the UK now experiencing speech and language challenges, it is more important than ever for early years practitioners to have information and resources to support speech and language development. This fun and easy-to-read book helps them to do just that by explaining how young children’s brains learn language. The practical tips, together with helpful videos, websites, books and music, make it a useful resource for all working in the early years." - Speech and Language UK