Play skills and communication skills develop hand in hand. Play is one of the most influential and important ways a child learns about the world.

 By playing with both adults and children, children develop;

• Interaction and social skills
• Problem solving skills
• Imagination and creativity
• Concepts and properties
• Lots and lots of words!

Children learn words by doing something and hearing the word at the same time, for example while scribbling, a parent might say
“you’re drawing a picture!” The child makes the connection between what they are doing and what they are hearing.