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: How to recognise and predict children¿s individual feelings and reactions How to talk and listen to them How to be aware of body language, alternative forms of communication How to support communication for children with special and additional needs 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.