Communicating with Children from Birth to Four Years

Communicating with Children from Birth to Four Years is an encouraging guide for practitioners and students working with young children in the Early Years Foundation Stage. Providing a clear outline of children’s needs, responses and abilities at each developmental stage, it guides the reader on:_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ How to recognise and predict children’s individual feelings and reactions_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ How to talk and listen to them_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ How to be aware of body language, alternative forms of communication_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ How to support communication for children with special and additional needs _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Offering advice, ideas and strategies for supporting communication in diverse settings, the book is an essential guide to developing communication skills in the Early Years.