Communication and language
- Start a conversation with an adult or a friend and continue it for many turns.
- Use talk to organise themselves and their play: “Let’s go on a bus... you sit there... I’ll be the driver.”
- Understand how to listen carefully and why listening is important
- Learn new vocabulary
- Be able to express a point of view and to debate when they disagree with an adult or a friend, using words as well as actions.
- Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them.
- Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences.
- Sing a large repertoire of songs.
- Know many rhymes, be able to talk about familiar books, and be able to tell a long story.
- Connect one idea or action to another using a range of connectives