—6 minMealtimeFamily timeFree play
Choice Words at Snack
A short choice-making routine that promotes the DM2012 speaking seed about building vocabulary through real choices such as apple or satsuma.
What you'll need
Essentials
- two safe snack items or two familiar household objects
- small bowl or cloth
Nice to have
- cup of water or wipe
Movement level: low
What you'll do
The 3-step guide, with what to look for at each step, is for signed-in parents.
What this develops
What it practices
- Uses sounds in play, e.g. ‘brrrm’ for toy car.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Uses single words.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Frequently imitates words and sounds.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Enjoys babbling and increasingly experiments with using sounds and words to communicate for a range of purposes (e.g. teddy, more, no, bye-bye.)Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Uses pointing with eye gaze to make requests, and to share an interest.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Creates personal words as they begin to develop language.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Copies familiar expressions, e.g. ‘Oh dear’, ‘All gone’.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Beginning to put two words together (e.g. ‘want ball’, ‘more juice’).Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Uses different types of everyday words (nouns, verbs and adjectives, e.g. banana, go, sleep, hot).Observable behaviour from Development Matters
Where it comes from
- Source
- Development Matters in the EYFS (DfE, 2012)
- Original guidance
- “Build vocabulary by giving choices, e.g. apple or satsuma?”
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Attribution
- © Crown Copyright 2012 (Development Matters in the EYFS, DfE) — framework-native activity promoted into voice layer