4 and 5 year olds: Communication and Language
- I understand how to listen carefully, e.g. I make sure I can see the person who is talking
- I know why listening is important
- I am learning lots of new words
- I am using new words that I have learned. I can ask questions to find out more about something I am interested in
- I can use clear, well-formed sentences to talk about my ideas
- I can talk about an idea and make a connection to another idea by using words like: ‘and’, ‘or’, ‘but’, ‘because’
- I can talk about things that I have experienced in detail
- I can talk about how to solve problems and give explanations about how things work and might happen
- I can use and respond to social phrases such as when somebody says: “Good morning, how are you?”
- I can retell familiar stories, remember and repeat phrases from these. I can talk about stories in my own words
- I am using new words that I have learned in lots of different ways
- I enjoy listening carefully to rhymes and songs and pay attention to the different sounds
- I enjoy learning rhymes, poems and songs
- I am interested in using books that give me information, like a book about caring for pets
- I listen to information books and can talk about what I have learned
- I enjoy listening and responding to stories at storytime
- I enjoy listening to stories. I can talk about my favourite and familiar stories