It is just one marker along the path that your child started on even before birth, through listening to your voice, and continues to develop in keen efforts to take part in the amazing human world of communicating with each other. Communication and Language is so important to your child's all-round progress that it is now recognised in the revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) as a Prime Area of Learning and Development.
- What is Communication and Language?
Communication and Language describes the way a child develops the ability to share with other people messages about all kinds of things - needs and wants, feelings, information, and ideas. It includes both understanding what other people are communicating and expressing what they want to say for themselves.
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