The Word Factory
£25.00 ex. VAT
Speaking & Listening for 3–5 year olds
Monday 19th January
Step inside a world where every sound, word and gesture becomes a golden opportunity for learning.
This webinar reimagines speaking and listening as the foundation of all literacy and as a rich invitation into curiosity, confidence and connection.
Through playful demonstrations inspired by a Wonka-style literacy factory, educators will explore how early talk builds:
Core skills: vocabulary, turn-taking, auditory discrimination, expressive language
Dispositions: confidence, curiosity, attentiveness, willingness to communicate
Higher-order skills: predicting, reasoning, early narrative thinking
Meta-skills: collaboration, self-regulation, flexible thinking, problem-solving
You’ll discover how simple interactions, sound play, sensory invitations, conversational prompts, can ignite deep thinking in babies and young children.
Leave with a toolkit of imaginative strategies to help children find their voice, expand their thinking, and lay the essential pathways for reading and writing.
The session will be recorded and available for 3 days to catch up.