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Outstanding Ideas for Developing Communication and Listening in the EYFS

Course Details

Communication and language is a primary area of learning and development in the early years sector, which has a direct impact on children’s literacy skills. But what does communication friendly early years provision look like?

This course will look in detail at the early years outcomes for communication and language, focussing on teaching skills that help you to effectively support children in this area of learning in the EYFS.

Effectively support all children to boost their communication and language skills.

Kathy will provide you with a range of exciting and stimulating activities for babies and young children which promote communication and language through both child initiated and adult led learning.

Learning Outcomes

•Gain increased awareness of language as an essential pre-requisite for all future learning.
•Take away the tools you need to support and extend children’s learning through a range of communication strategies including commenting, posing problems, sustained shared thinking and questioning.
•Learn about sustained shared thinking and how to develop it.
•Understand how support children with communication challenges...
Course Date Wed 02 Oct
Duration 10:00 - 15:30
Location Wakefield
Venue Address YPO, 41 Industrial Park, Wakefield, WF2 0XE
Target Audience Teachers, Subject Teacher, Early years practitioners, TAs, SENCO, Foundation Stage
Lunch 12:30 - 13:15
Price £129
Voucher Value £50

Course Tutor

Kathy Bigio
Kathy has worked in the early years sector for almost 30 years and is passionate about meeting the needs of children based on her extensive experience nationally and her in depth knowledge of effective practice. She was a senior teacher advisor for early years for nine years, during which time she delivered training courses and worked in schools to improve outcomes for children, advising practitioners and senior managers. In September 2011 Kathy established an independent training company delivering EYFS training.