B. Taylor Written Summary of video Seb, sharks and fishes http://soundcloud.com/b-taylor-10/assess-2-seb-sharks-and-fishes Seb is a 5 ½ year old boy, sitting at a table engaged in an art activity. He is accompanied by his mother who is modelling and encouraging Sebs language skills by social conversation that stimulates and challengers Seb’s thinking. Children use oral language for many different reasons; in this video we hear Seb sharing information and viewpoints, solving problems and discovering new information as he actively participates in a conversation with his mother. During these conversations he displays the ability to use a wide range of words and expanded sentences. These types of conversations will assist …show more content…
As Seb hears new words from his mother, he begins to discriminate the sounds of language as he experiments with phonemes and then questions the definition of these words. Strategies to support the child’s language and learning Considering the child’s age and interest in fish whales and sharks this would be a good theme to further enhance and build both language and literacy skills by using. • Picture and story books, placed in book corner and read by educator to create rich and enquiry based experiences while engaging in a range of texts to gain meaning. • Puppets with nursery rhymes, stories and songs to build on the children’s vocabulary • Introduce a fish tank to the classroom, do a mind map on a white board with the children on how to care for the animals. • Draw a story as a group activity which will enhance the children’s social communication skills of listening and sharing their views and ideas. • Make flash cards with ocean animal’s names written on them for children to trace over, this will introduce different letter formations and extend the children’s