Communication
Links with Essential Skills
Communication Skills: children gain an increasing ability to convey and receive information, instruction, and ideas effectively and confidently by listening, speaking, and using visual language in a range of contexts.
Numeracy Skills: children have fun with numbers and begin to understand and respond to information presented in mathematical ways.
Information Skills: in sharing ideas with others, children develop their ability to identify and describe different sorts of information.
Problem-solving Skills: children try out original and innovative ideas and exercise their imaginations to solve problems.
Self-management and Competitive Skills: in communicating their needs and intentions, children develop the skills of negotiation and self-awareness.
Social and Co-operative Skills: as children’s abilities to communicate develop, they are able to form good relationships with others and participate constructively in a range of social and cultural settings.
Physical Skills: children develop an ability to express themselves through movement and gesture.
Work and Study Skills: communication goals assist children to work effectively and constructively.
Links with Essential Learning Areas
Language and Languages: development of nonverbal and verbal communication for a range of purposes is fundamental to learning and to effective participation in intellectual, emotional, and social life.
Mathematics: development of mathematical vocabulary and concepts helps children communicate complex ideas such as weight, shape, and volume.
Science: children develop the vocabulary and techniques to investigate and communicate ideas about their world.
Technology: children gain experience in using communication technologies such as crayons, paintbrushes, pencils, calculators, books, and computers.
Social Sciences: children experience the stories and symbols of their own and other cultures, developing awareness of the richness of communication.
The Arts: all the art forms, including dance, mime, music, painting, and other visual arts, enable children to discover different ways to communicate.
Health and Physical Well-being: using physical expression and activity assists children’s development of both verbal and non-verbal communication.