How to Support Your Child’s Communication Skills

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As your child grows and develops their language skills, they will also develop their communication skills. Communication is a key part of their development, and good communication can help your child feel safe and secure in their environment while also helping them develop their other skills.

Communication also helps children connect with people around them and is a valuable skill to develop especially in daycare where they start to make friends.

What does good communication look like?

Good communication from an adult should make a child feel heard and valued. You should actively listen to your child and give them your full attention to their verbal and non-verbal communication. Persevering and doing your best to understand your child will tell your child that what they’re saying is worth listening to. And responding to them with appropriate tone, words, and body language will make your child feel heard.

Good communication can look like:

Turning off your phone, TV, or computer when you and your child are communicating
Talking about everyday things
Setting aside time to talk and listen to each other, e.g. dinner time
Involving your child in conversations by asking them what they think about something
Calming down from your own strong emotions (e.g. anger) before talking to your child
Setting an example on how to listen and talk to other people

What are some things you can do to help develop your child’s communication skills?

Talking about books you two have just read or the TV show you two have just watched
Narrate what you’re doing in the kitchen or in the garden
Ask open-ended questions like “do you think it’s going to rain?” “why does it look like it’s going to rain?” “why is the sky so grey?”
Read with your child
Sing with your child
And simply just talk to them

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