These are some things to think about when talking/spending time together with younger children:
- Read lots of stories, rhymes and songs together!
- Make up your own stories together. Use funny voices for characters and act them out!
These are some things to think about when talking/spending time together with older children:
- Play board/card games together.
- Watch Newsround together and talk about what you think/how you felt about one of the articles. We do this at school so your child will be used to and good at this and you can learn together!
These are some things to think about when talking/spending time together with older children:
- Talk about their day as you do things around the house together e.g. washing up, eating. This is more relaxing for your child and takes the pressure off them to speak as they’re also doing something else. If this is tricky to begin with remember two things: 1. Use the language they use and 2. Ask them to be more specific. Try asking questions such as:
- “What was the best question you asked today?”
- “What was the best/funniest/strangest/most exciting/worst thing that happened to you today?”
- “What are you looking forward to tomorrow?”
- Was there anything that you didn’t understand at school today?
