ABSTRACT

Strong basic language skills are the foundation on which successful future learning is built. Written by veteran SEN authors Sheila Wolfendale and Trevor Bryans, Word Play provides practitioners and parents with a range of fun activities, word games, story and drama exercises that can be used to introduce early language skills in an enjoyable way.

Word Play is:

  • straightforward and practical
  • written by well respected experts in education
  • for staff in early years settings
  • for teachers to work with parents
  • for children aged from approximately four to seven years
  • for parents wishing to help their children to learn
  • for all workers in Early Years environments as well as parents of young children.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|10 pages

Conversation time

chapter 2|6 pages

Storytelling

chapter 4|5 pages

Word games

chapter 5|4 pages

Acting and pretending

chapter 6|5 pages

Using the five senses

chapter 7|5 pages

Thinking, Remembering And Reasoning

chapter 8|1 pages

Awareness of time