1. Speaking posters 30-50 months www.earlybirdyeducation.com
These posters can be used to support the learning environment and teaching. They are a breakdown of each strand within the month band in Speaking.

2. Beginning to use more complex sentences to link thoughts ( e. g
Beginning to use more complex sentences to link thoughts ( e.g. using and, because)
30-50
Speaking

3. Can retell a simple past event in correct order (e. g
Can retell a simple past event in correct order (e.g. went down slide, hurt finger).
30-50
Speaking

4. Uses talk to correct ideas, explain what is happening and anticipate what might happen next, recall an relive past experiences.
30-50
Speaking

5. Questions why things happen and gives explanations. Asks e. g
Questions why things happen and gives explanations. Asks e.g. who, what, when, how.
30-50
Speaking

6. Uses a range of tenses (e.g. play, playing, will play, played).
30-50
Speaking

7. Uses intonation, rhythm and phrasing to make the meaning clear to others.
30-50
Speaking

8. Uses vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their experiences.
30-50
Speaking

9. Uses talk in pretending that objects stand for something else in play e.g. ‘This box is my castle.’
30-50
Speaking

10. Beginning to use more complex sentences to link thoughts ( e. g
Beginning to use more complex sentences to link thoughts ( e.g. using and, because)
Can retell a simple past event in correct order (e.g. went down slide, hurt finger).
Uses talk to correct ideas, explain what is happening and anticipate what might happen next, recall an relive past experiences.
Questions why things happen and gives explanations. Asks e.g. who, what, when, how.
Uses a range of tenses (e.g. play, playing, will play, played).
Uses intonation, rhythm and phrasing to make the meaning clear to others.
Uses vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their experiences.
Uses talk in pretending that objects stand for something else in play e.g. ‘This box is my castle.’
30-50
Speaking