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Develop children's language skills by setting up a talk table, as Lucia Battiste suggests Planned learning intentions

Planned learning intentions

*To speak with confidence and control

*To attempt writing for a purpose

*To recognise numerals 1 to 9

Resources

*A variety of telephones - real, play and mobile 3walkie-talkies

*microphone 3phone book 3pizza delivery leaflets 3telephone message pads

*pens 3pictures of people using telephones

Step by step

* Cover a table and backdrop with brightly-coloured paper.

* Paste pictures of people using telephones on to the backdrop with accompanying text.

* Arrange the resources on the table, or hang on the wall if there's no free space.

Activities

We alternate the choice of resources on the table and use the display in various ways. For example:

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