Nursery Builds Language & Communication Skills

Language Development

Language is one of the most important skills children develop in the early years. It’s how they make friends, share ideas, learn new concepts, express feelings and understand the world around them. Research shows that early language skills are strongly linked to later literacy and academic outcomes, and even to social confidence and long-term wellbeing.

At nursery, children are with their peers and enjoy fun  age related learning activities to rich language environments where conversation, stories and imaginative play happen all day long. These are learnt over time and each child’d develop is different , so no need to worry if you think your child is behind others. The nursery will offer any guidelines to continue learning  these skills at home if they think its necessary.

Key Stages

Each child  will have time to talk about their experience , maybe a show and tell day where they bring in a special toy or book to show their friends. This increases their confidence as well.

Listening  – Children need to hear language before they can use it. This includes listening to stories, songs, instructions and everyday conversation.

Speaking – Words, phrases and sentences gradually emerge as children learn how to label things, describe, request, question and share ideas.

 Social Communication –  Communication also involves turn-taking, facial expressions, eye contact, conversation skills and understanding how interactions work. Ask open ended questions where more than 1 child has an answer.

Group Learning

Nursery settings offer something very valuable: constant natural opportunities to talk

Play is the engine of communication. When children are building, role-playing, cooking pretend soups or narrating small-world adventures, they are practising storytelling, vocabulary, problem-solving and perspective-taking.

Songs, stories & rhyme Children learn best through repetition. Each child will master the skill at on pace. Children store and retrieve language, which is why nursery rhymes survive every generation despite no one remembering how we all learnt them.