Communication Toolkit

The Early Childhood Communication Toolkit includes learning boosts on communication and social skills topics in less than ten minutes. Each toolkit provides a microlearning lesson, a factsheet, and two teaching activities that are easy to apply within the school day.

Help

Young children often appear eager to do things independently. However, when things like getting dressed, opening containers, or pouring snacks into a bowl do not go as easily as planned, they may become frustrated. This frustration may be compounded by their inability to effectively ask for help. Explore how to teach young children request help in this quick tutorial.

Negation

Negation means to contradict or deny. It is our ability to reject something or someone. We all use negation throughout our daily lives. Learn how to help young children communicate NO! in this quick tutorial.

Making Choices

While choice-making may sound simple, it can actually be a complicated process that incorporates many different skills. Learn how to help young children express a choice in this quick tutorial.

Answering WH-Questions

Wh- questions are the questions we ask and answer throughout the day. These include who, what, when, where, why, and how questions. Explore how to teaching a child ability to answer wh- questions supports meaningful participation in all aspects of life in this quick tutorial.

Commenting

Commenting involves making relevant contributions during a conversation. Learn how to help young children develop the skill of commenting in this quick tutorial.

Gaining Attention

Gaining attention is the skill of initiating a social interaction. Explore ways Explore how to teach young children effective strategies for gaining attention in this quick tutorial.