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The Learning Language and Loving It™ guidebook is a comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide for giving all children in early childhood settings the best possible opportunities for building early language, literacy and social skills. As helpful reminders of the guidebook’s key strategies, the Learning Language and Loving It posters can be pinned up in classrooms, childcare centres, libraries or staff rooms.
Learning Language and Loving It guidebook
This guidebook offers practical, research-based strategies for creating enriched and inclusive learning environments for all children, whether they’re typically developing, have a language delay or are second language learners. Educators learn how to make the most of everyday interactions and play to engage children in meaningful back-and-forth interactions that build on their interests and support their individual needs.
Encourage Interaction in Group Situations
This poster outlines the SSCAN Strategy for including all children in group interactions so that no child is left out: Small groups are best; Set up and activity; Carefully observe each child; Adjust your response to each child’s needs; Now keep it going.
Adjust the Way you Talk
This poster outlines the 4 S’s strategy for adjusting the way you talk to better support children’s learning: Say Less, Stress, Go Slow and Show.
Extend the Topic
This poster outlines the Extend the Topic strategy to support children’s understanding during back-and-forth conversations.
Follow the Child’s Lead
This poster reminds educators of the many ways they can follow children’s lead to encourage the most powerful kinds of conversations for helping children learn: OWL, Face to Face, Imitate, Interpret, Comment, and Join in and Play.
Keep the Conversation Going
This poster provides helpful cues to support educators to keep interactions going with children for longer.
Make Turn Taking Easy in Social Routines
This poster presents a way for professionals to make turn taking easy during everyday activities and routines to encourage communication in the classroom.
Step In, Set Up and Fade Out
This poster provides a helpful reminder of how educators can help socially isolated children participate actively with their peers.
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Poster - Adjust the Way You Talk
Poster - Encourage Interaction in Group Situations
