Research - Speech Therapy, Communication & Play in an outdoor environment

Here the Beckies talk about their Speech & Communication Play sessions with families. Our sessions are held outdoors without regular toys or equipment. They are in a natural environment that supports the child's choice and ideas.  The space is as large as possible and there is time to play and talk with parents and families. What have we noticed happening ?What were Becky's concerns as a Speech Therapist without her everyday bag of props?How have we learnt from the children ?Do families really benefit from this 45 minute session and what communications and interactions are created?Are pattern's in children's play are seen?Do children communicate more outdoors?Is it easier for children and adults to listen outdoors?Discover more about the concept of changing your environment and your expectations, there is always opportunity to challenge the way we do things, we just have to grasp it and make the first move.Change creates opportunity and you can always go back to your tried and tested ways if you feel it doesn't work.Thank you for listening to this 10 min Thriving Language Podcast  and for being part of this awesome early years community,  together we can all create  environments  where all children are understood, listened to and heard.  The Beckies Head to www.thrivinglanguage.co.uk and discover more...Have a question, we would love to hear from you email Rebecca@thrivinglanguage Head to  www.thrivinglanguage.co.uk to discover more with The Beckies.Training for educators, key note speakers and workshops, one to one sessions for speech language and communication  play sessions for children and families.Publications Routledge:Speech Language and Communication in the Early YearsSpeech Language and Communication for Healthy Little MindsEmail [email protected] you for listening and being part of this awesome Thriving community who empower all children to be understood. Love The Beckies