1. Speaking prompts www.earlybirdyeducation.com
This is a useful prompt to ensure that Speaking is covered and taught effectively towards the early learning goals.

2. Plan lots of ‘speaking and listening’ sessions whereby children must listen to others ideas and opinions. Encourage children to question each other and plan lots of opportunity for children to mix with a wide variety of peers to heighten their listening, attention, understanding and speaking.
Plan lots of conversation starters e.g. If I was a super hero for a day I would?.... Would you rather be as tall as a tree or as small as a bug? Encourage children to express their ideas and opinions and listen to others sensitively. Encourage friendly debates and model questioning each others ideas.
Ensure that there are lots of real and pretend role play opportunities e.g. builders building yard, super heroes, police station, castle and additional characters.
To heighten experiences and develop language provide opportunities for ‘real’ visitors to come in and talk to the children e.g. police man.
Speaking
Children express themselves effectively, showing awareness of listeners’ needs. They use past and future forms accurately when talking about events that have happened or are to happen in the future. They develop their own narratives and explanations by connecting ideas or events.
Provide meaningful talking experiences e.g. holiday news, celebrations, familiar events, talking about their successes in school or how they have made a certain model. This will engage the speaker as well as the listener and will allow children to express themselves freely.