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Literacy
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(Speaking, Reading,
Writing)
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taking and
responses
Plan time when
you can sing
with young
babies,
encouraging
them to join in
Stops and looks
when hears own
name
Understanding
of single words
in context is
developing
Starts to
understand
contextual clues
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Makes own
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sounds in
response when
talked to by
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familiar adults
Practises and
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gradually
develops speech
sounds
Enjoys looking at
books and printed
material with
interest
Collect a range of
board books,
Encourage
repetition,
rhythm, and
rhyme by using
tone and
intonation as
you tell, recite or
sign stories,
poems and
rhymes from
books
Identifies action
words by
pointing to the
right picture
Use pictures,
books, real
objects and signs
alongside your
words
Frequently
imitates words
and sounds
Build vocabulary
by giving choices
Provide stories
with repetitive
phrases and
structures to read
aloud to children
to support
specific
vocabulary or
language
structures
key events and
phrases in
rhymes and
stories
• Plan regular
short periods
when
individuals
listen to others
such as
describing
something they
have seen or
done
• Introduce
alongside books,
story props, such
as pictures,
puppets and
objects to
encourage
children to retell
stories and think
how characters
feel
• Beginning to use
more complex
sentences to link
thoughts
• Plan to encourage
correct use of
language with
repetitive stories
• Introduce a
storyline or
narrative into
their play
• Provide stories,
pictures and
puppets which