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Talk and listen

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Children build language skills through listening and being involved in conversations.

Being able to communicate helps children make sense of their world, clearly communicate their needs and understand others.

It’s never too early to start communicating with your child and there are many different ways to include talking and listening in your day-to-day routines.

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Connecting with your baby

Providing love, attention and interesting experiences creates the best conditions for your baby’s brain growth, learning and development.

Discussing sounds

Talking with your child, reading aloud or practising writing together can help establish key literacy skills.

Five reasons to sing along

Getting your vocal chords fired up creates an opportunity for you and your child to practice new words and sounds, and even get moving with some dance moves.

Language foundations

Learning language is a lifelong process but a baby’s brain is developing the foundations for speech and language development from prior to birth, and in the first 12 months.

Multiple languages in early childhood

Children start learning language from before birth, through their interactions with parents and the people around them.

Talking with your toddler

Toddlers can follow simple instructions, answer simple questions and may start to imitate the words or phrases they hear you or others say.
Last updated 28 August 2023