Talking and Learning with Young Children
Children learn to talk through interaction including involvement in many thousands of conversations with adults and other children. These conversations provide the framework for exploring relationships, understanding the world, and learning – in its widest sense. This book explores how children learn to communicate using language, how they use language to learn and the role of adults in the process. It examines how adults can support children to learn by involving them in positive interactions, meaningful conversation and by helping them play, explore and talk with each other.
The book includes:
- examples of children and adults talking and learning together
- case studies of successful approaches that support language and learning in early years settings
- points for reflection and practical tasks
Informed by the author’s own experience working with young children, families and practitioners, and from his involvement in the England-wide Every Child a Talker (ECaT) project, it links key research findings with successful practice to inspire practitioners to develop skills when talking with children, influence how adults plan for talk in settings and gain insight into how language develops in the home.
Not adopted for this module but is being inspected by child development module lead potentially for next year's reading list.
This is an excellent text, but it doesn't cover the full scope of communication development across the lifespan as required in my subject. Students have been directed to specific sections of this text for additional reading when doing units on young children.
This is a book which gives guidance on talking and learning with young children. for early years practitioners it gives some valuable insights into how to have conversations and develop exploratory talk to enhance learning.
There are good overviews of theory and the role of the adult in guiding the learning.
The case studies are particularly useful for those already working with children.
A brilliant book providing the basis for the importance of talk and how this can be developed to be meaningful and effective enhancing learning and life skills.
This book offers an excellent resource for those with an interest in/or studying the development of early language. The examples of practice and the theoretical underpinning will help students to realise and understand the value of taking and learning with young children.
A contemporary text written with great clarity, I found this engaging and interesting, Michael Jones tells you what he's going to explain and then does just that. Excellent, a great source of knowledge.
This is a very clear and easy to read book yet the topics are addressed comprehensively. Particularly good was the debate about the use of 'Standard English' whilst acknowledging and respecting the language used in a child's home.
This is essential reading for Year One students just beginning their training as either Early years practitioners or primary teachers. The book provides good insight into the development of talk and how talk can be encouraged to be meaningful and effective.
Sample Materials & Chapters
Talking and Learning with Young Children: How and why do children learn to talk?
