Talk Time: Programming Communicative Interaction into the Toddler Day.

Selman, Ruth

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ERIC Number: EJ635766

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Talk Time: Programming Communicative Interaction into the Toddler Day.

Selman, Ruth

Young Children, v56 n3 p15-18 May 2001

Offers suggestions for using talk time with toddlers in an early care setting to promote communicative interaction. Discusses how talk time was introduced and its usefulness in promoting language development, and identifying and helping delayed talkers. Describes talk time themes and strategies, including a caution not to use the time to correct grammar or pronunciation in a direct way. (KB)

Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition, Program Descriptions, Toddlers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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