Nursery World - Communication & Language: How to support children's learning at home

In part 2 of her enabling environments series, Dr Tanya Richardson of the University of Northampton investigates how to promote speech and language at home

How children play at home affects their speech and language skills

We know that what goes on in the home environment is crucial in promoting and aiding child development. Research from 2020 shows a link between the home environment and children's development of self-regulation, UCL's Institute of Education found. Things like damp, smoke and the background noise from the TV or radio, lack of calm and quiet and home disorganisation were all detrimental to developing the ability to control or direct attention, thoughts, emotions and actions. My research focused further on other physical aspects of the home environment, with a focus on resources, in order to promote language. What sort of features would a home environment need to have to best promote these skills?

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