Communication Language & Literacy
Communicating & being with others helps children to build social relationships which provide opportunities for friendship, empathy & sharing emotions. The ability to communicate helps children to participate more fully in society. To become skillful communicators, babies & children need to be with people who have meaning for them & with whom they have warm & loving relationships, such as their family or carers & in a group situation, a key person who they know & trust. Babies respond differently to different sounds & from an early age are able to distinguish sound patterns. They learn to talk by being talked to. Babies & children use their own voices to make contact & to let people know what they need & how they feel, establishing their own identities & personalities. Parents & immediate family members most easily understand their babies’ & children’s communications & can often interpret for others. All children learn best through activities & experiences that engage all the senses. For example, music, dance, rhymes & songs play a key role in language development. As children develop speaking & listening skills they build the foundations for literacy, for making sense of visual & verbal signs & ultimately for reading & writing. Children need lots of opportunities to interact with others as they develop these skills, & to use a wide variety of resources for expressing their understanding, including mark making, drawing, modeling, reading & writing.
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