Learn To Talk

10 tips
tips
to help me
lear
learn to talk
More about this booklet How to use this booklet
These purple speech

bubbles will tell you more
about how children learn
to talk and what you can
do to help.
Look out for these

Learning to talk is one of the most important skills that children
green boxes. They will
develop. When adults talk with children, they help their brain to give you ideas of simple
grow, giving them the best start in life. Playing, listening, and
chatting with children can help them learn to talk. This will mean activities to do with
they can make friends more easily and help them to feel happier.
your child to help
This booklet has been developed for parents and carers to share with
their children. It aims to support all parents and carers to help their
them learn to talk.
child learn to talk from the very beginning.
Start talking to me I can learn our language
before I am born and culture from you
• I can hear sounds from • I can learn any language

24 weeks of pregnancy. from birth.
• I love to hear you • I can learn more than one
talk and sing to me language at the same time.
before I am born. You can learn with me.
• After I’m born, I soon • Talk with me in the
recognise voices that 0 ••
C!::> language you know best.
I heard in the womb. € *
‘Niemowle.’
‘Baby.’
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“Look at a
Welsh story
“Sing songs to with me.”
me from when
I’m a bump!”
Our best place Sing me a rhyme
is face to face at any time
• Before I can talk, I tell you how

I feel through eye contact, • If I know lots of songs and
smiling, gurgling, and crying. rhymes, I will learn to read
more easily.
• When we are face to face, you
can see what I’m interested in • I like to hear the same songs
and what I’m trying to tell you. and rhymes again and again.
• I like looking at you when • When we are singing, I like
we’re talking together. joining in with actions and
words with you.
hou
‘Mmm! Banana, Heads, s lders....
you like eating
..
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banana!’ “Find a rhyme
•o that makes
knees and toe
s... me smile and
join in with
“Talk with me the actions.”
at mealtimes
about the food
we’re eating.”
Let’s talk and Let’s look at
ball!
play every day books together
• Talk with me when we are • Talking about the pictures

playing and I will learn in books helps me to learn
new words. new words.
• I enjoy playing with you. • I can’t read yet, but I love
If I choose the game, I may listening and joining in when
play for longer. we look at books together.
• Meal times, nappy time • I like it when you use funny
and bath time, anytime is voices and faces to tell
‘talk and play’ time. me the story.
‘And the dinosaur

‘Carrot.’ said ‘Roaaaar!’
“Find books with
‘Mmm,
big pictures
carrot.’
‘Roaaaar!’ and talk with
“Sit teddy me about what
with us at meal we can see.”
time and talk
to him too!”
Talk with me about Let’s turn ‘screen time’
what we can see into‘you and me time’!
• If I hear the same words

again and again, it helps me • I can’t listen to two things at
once, it’s easier for me to learn if
to remember them. TVs and screens are turned off.
• Tell me what I can see around • Our talking time is special, so 0 •
me, even before I can talk. please focus on me not your phone.
• Give me time to join in, then • Talk with me about what we *
can see, if we are watching
copy my words back to me. a screen.
‘It’s a dog.’
‘Doggy.’
“Use my toys
to play along as
“Point at what we sing a song
we can see and on screen.”
say the name
for me.”
Add a word to what I love to talk
you have heard me say fB with everyone!
• I learn from you, so let’s • I like looking at faces and

take turns talking together. listening to people talking
• When I am learning to talk, with me.
remember to praise me, even • It’s easier for me to talk
if it sounds like I’m babbling. and babble without a bottle
• Tell me what I have said and or dummy.
add another word, so I know -f
c: er:,. • I love to talk with my friends,
what to say next time. .'
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family, pets and toys!
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‘Tar.’
“When I try to say “Have a picnic with

something, say the my favourite people
right words back and talk about the
to me and add food we like. ”
‘Yes, it’s a car,
a BIG car. another word.”
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For further advice and information, please contact

your health visitor or visit this website:
www.gov.wales/talkwithme
This booklet has been produced with Speech and Language Therapists
from Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and Aneurin Bevan Gwent Public
Health Team.
The original design concept was developed by Scarlet Design International Ltd
(www.scarletdesign.com) and the illustrations seen within this booklet were
developed by Laura Wood (www.laurawoodillustration.com).
Parents from various groups have contributed to the development of the

booklet. These groups include:
Cefn Golau Flying Start Centre (Blaenau Gwent), Grwp Babi Ioga - Cymraeg i
Blant (Blaenau Gwent), Caerphilly Parent Network, Acorn Flying Start Centre
(Monmouthshire), Seebreeze Flying Start Centre (Newport), Ti a Fi (Torfaen).

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10 tips

These purple speech

Look out for these

• I can hear sounds from • I can learn any language

• Before I can talk, I tell you how

• Talk with me when we are • Talking about the pictures

‘And the dinosaur

• If I hear the same words

• I learn from you, so let’s • I like looking at faces and

“When I try to say “Have a picnic with

For further advice and information, please contact

Parents from various groups have contributed to the development of the

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