Nursery World - Enabling Environments: Tried and Tested

Products to encourage children's verbal and written communication skills are tested by early years settings, who report back to Mary Evans.

Being able to communicate in verbal and written form is an essential skill. Young children must be allowed the freedom to explore, learn and develop communication skills through play, talking to each other and listening, but also through playing reading and writing, such as telling their teddy a story or 'writing' their own shopping lists.

Research points how important it is for children to be in a language-rich environment in order to develop. For practitioners the challenge is to find fun and interesting resources that will extend children's perception of spoken and written language.

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