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Spoken Language

Activities and ideas to develop children's spoken language skills

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Videos shared with kind permission from South Tees NHS Speech Therapy & Worcestershire Speech and Language Therapy

Working on Action Words (Verbs)
03:54

Working on Action Words (Verbs)

In this video Kerry gives advice on how you can develop children’s understanding and use of action words. These are important because these words are needed to build phrases and sentences.
Giving choices
04:19

Giving choices

This video talks about how you can give more choices to encourage expressive language.
Commenting and Labelling
04:52

Commenting and Labelling

Commenting and labelling everyday objects and activities can support children’s language development.
Thought Bubbles
02:54

Thought Bubbles

This video talks about imagining a thought bubble over your child when they want to say something but don’t have the words.
Communicative Temptations
04:59

Communicative Temptations

This video shows you how you can create more situations that encourage expressive language.
More
04:19

More

‘More’ is such an empowering word. This video shows you how to encourage your child’s use of the word.
Using Prepositions (Positional Language) in Spoken Language
06:13

Using Prepositions (Positional Language) in Spoken Language

Using prepositions in spoken language
Demo 17 Barrier game with Mr Potato head
03:16

Demo 17 Barrier game with Mr Potato head

Barrier games are a great way for children to practise using language in a meaningful way
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