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Program for Nurseries and Pre-Schools

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Little Speaking Tree can work within your childcare setting to help you prepare your pre-schoolers for school.

Our Programme for Nurseries specifically focusses on children aged 3.5yo - 4.5yo; the year before they make that all important transition into mainstream Reception.

We will come into your nursery and work with groups of between 8 and 12 children alongside your nursery practitioners and deliver a comprehensive, engaging framework of activities specifically targeting the 4 key communication skills:

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• Listening – absorbing and processing the spoken word and other sounds around them effectively (active listening!) 

• Understanding – developing story sequencing skills and interpretation of cause and effect within story plots

• Speaking – Using words and gestures effectively

• Concentration – extending time spent independently focusing

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We entwine Pie Corbett’s Early Years ‘Talk4writing’ teaching framework into some of our own unique activities that we have researched alongside leading speech and language specialists. *

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What our nurseries say they value about us:

• Having a specialist and fully trained Pie Corbett practitioner to work alongside their talented staff

• Extend the excellent nursery provision already in place

• Share exciting, new practice within their nursery setting

• Focus on groups of children to give the senior members of staff time for essential administration duties without  detracting from the children’s learning time

• Provide in house training for the more junior members of staff

• Favourable PR with the OFSTED body and prospective parents

• Help the nursery stand out above other nurseries in the area

• Enable 45minutes of uninterrupted focussed work with groups of children away from the busy nursery environment

 

What families say we bring to their child’s nursery:

• ·Children work directly with our fully Pie Corbett trained early years teachers

• ·Enhanced preparation for starting school in Reception

• ·Children are more confident in speaking, listening and story telling

• ·Unique resources and activities not seen before at nursery

• ·Smaller focussed sessions away from the busy nursery and distractions

• ·Take home tips for parents

• ·Something new for the children to get excited about

   

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