Communication Cookbook

This activity teaches good listening by breaking it down into three key behaviours. Download the activity here.

This activity teaches good listening by breaking it down into three key behaviours. Download the activity here.

A great way to get children to play around with sounds, which is vital for the development of both speaking and listening skills.Download PDF.

Remembering games are a great way for children to build their skills at paying attention. They are very simple to play and can be done anywhere. You can easily make up your own versions.Download PDF.

This exercise helps children learn how to sort words into different categories. This is a crucial part of building an effective mental filing system, helping children learn and remember words and their meanings.Download the activity here.

You will need picture cards to do this activity
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Download picture card set B here.

This activity is great for helping children develop their skills at using verbs – the words we use to describe actions.

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You will need picture cards to do this activity
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This activity is a brilliant way to introduce new words into a child’s vocabulary.

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You will need the word Magic Template to do this activity.
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This game is a brilliant way to reinforce newly learned words. Children love it because of the bingo format, which leads to lots of fun and excitement.

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• Word Bingo Game Cards 1 & 2
• Word Bingo Cards 3 & 4
• Word Bingo Reference Card

Barrier games are a fabulous way of encouraging children to be precise in what they say. Download this activity here. Download the template here.

This activity encourages children to use simple sentences to tell others what to do. Download PDF and picture cards 1 and cards 2

This exercise helps children to practise understanding sentences and saying them.Download PDF.

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This activity helps children to develop a good set of storytelling skills. It can be quite hard work compared to some activities, but it pays dividends. The idea is to break down how you tell (and listen to) stories into a number of key steps, which you then practise with the children.

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Making up stories together is a fun way for children to become familiar with the different elements needed to make a story complete.

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You will also need the story sheet. Download this here.

The aim of this activity is to get children to identify the different elements within a story and to think of lots of different words for each category.

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You will also need the Important Story words sheet. Download it here.

This game is a very good way to build your child’s conversation skills and can provide you with endless hours of fun.

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This exercise helps children to become confident at finding out about other people.

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You will need picture cards to do this activity
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These games provide children with the opportunity to practise their skills at conversation.

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These four games are designed to stimulate conversations around simple topics.

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