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Elklan. Speech and Language Support for 3-5s%u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2023 162S8%u2022 All children need to continue to explore objects and experiences because this is how we all learn new words. The more things we explore, the more likely we are to learn new words. This is how to narrow the %u2018word gap%u2019 between young children with limited vocabulary knowledge and their peers. 8.2.5 Large Doll Play(ELB. 90, Slide 231)%u2022 Show the slide to introduce Large Doll play.%u2022 At 9 -12 months - a child will show an understanding of everyday objects by using them appropriately e.g. brush. When the child uses it appropriately he is demonstrating an understanding of that object.%u2022 At this stage, a child tends to only use objects on himself.%u2022 18 months - recognises dolls/teddies as representing people. Relates the objects to these dolls/teddies as he acts out everyday events e.g. feeding Teddy, putting doll in bed. (Slide 232)%u2022 Demonstrate brushing Ted%u2019s or Doll%u2019s hair with a Large Doll sized brush.%u2022 Hold up a real sized brush and the Large Doll sized brush and explain how there is just a small leap of imagination to see how the Large Doll sized brush represents the real thing. But the child is beginning to see how one thing can represent another - he is starting his journey towards symbolic understanding.