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Elklan. Speech and Language Support for 3-5s%u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2023 72S4%u2022 Show the slide just to check that ideas like those given in ELB. were included in the learners suggestions.%u2022 Modelling subject%u2013verb, verb-object phrases.%u2022 Video the children playing, play it and pause to name the action.%u2022 Teddy likes.....%u2022 Musical actions - when the music stops take turns to give an action to do.%u2022 Books. Emphasise the power of using books to promote action words as well as the vocabulary of objects.%u2022 Use a feely bag with objects used for different actions e,g. ball, toothbrush, pencil, spoon. The child names the object and must say what you do with it.4.5.0 TYPICAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT BEYOND 18 MONTHS(Slide 92)%u2022 Children learn a wide variety of nouns first and then verbs starting with verbs they do themselves e.g. sleep, wash, jump. %u2022 Around 2%u00bd - 3 years children learn a different group of words which includes colours, numbers, sizes. Many children find these words very difficult to learn.%u2022 These words are referred to as Describing Words or Linguistic Concepts.%u2022 Describing Words are usually learnt after a child has a good vocabulary of nouns and verbs.4.6.0 INTRODUCING DESCRIBING WORDS(ELB. 43, Slide 93)