Course: Parent & Carer Resources, Tile: 2: Fostering children's language & narratives about family life

2: Fostering children's language & narratives about family life

2: Fostering children's language & narratives about family life
- This module has been created to assist parents in developing consistency and predictability for children. It will also support children's understanding of what is happening in their family and explain complex concepts. In turn, this will improve children's sense of agency.
- Supporting children's language and understanding in Defence families
- Developing a shared language with your child
- Activities to help your child learn and understand words about time and relocation
- Activities to help your child learn and understand words about work and leave
- Supporting children's language and understanding for First Responder families
- Developing a shared language and family routines with your child
- Activities to help your child learn and understand words about time and relocation
- Activities to help your child learn and understand words about leave and work
- All families
- Improving children's memory, vocabulary and understanding through the creative arts
- Parent's discussions, community and media news
- From FIFO to Defence, if you work away, here's how to support your children
- Remote Worker Families - Tips for Dads
- Family narratives
- The power of narratives
- What are family narratives and what do they look like?
- Creating a family narrative before the parent goes away
- Supporting the narrative when the parent is away
- Communicating the 'why' to children
- Educational activities in Children's Resources
  To accompany this module, please use the following resources from Children's Resources:
  For Defence families
  1. T is for Training: Rosie raps it up eBook and accompanying resources, including a downloadable, printable eBook, audio and video read-along versions, a personalised activity book, an interactive eBook, extension teaching activities, Keyword Sign video lessons and printable teaching materials.
  For all families
  2. ECDP Nursery Rhyme, Song, Lullaby and Tongue Twister book, which is downloadable and printable and accompanying videos. Enjoy a new page of this book and the accompanying videos every day. Music and rhymes are the best vehicle for language learning.
- Other resources
  There is some good research-based information in these online articles.
- How to support children whose parent works away for long periods
  
  It’s not always possible for families to be together during the Christmas holidays if one parent is working away for several days. Such types of work can be challenging for those seeking a good work-life balance.
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- Communicating well with children (Birth-12 years)
  
  Communication with children and babies is essential to their relationships and development.
- Language development (Birth to 8 years)
  
  Language development supports many other aspects of development, like cognitive, social and literacy development.
- Language learning (1-2 years)
  
  One-year-olds are learning many new words. Two-year-olds can combine words into very short sentences. Toddlers communicate using words, gestures, and tone.
- Language learning (2-3 years)
  
  At 2-3 years, vocabulary keeps growing and includes many different types of words and sounds. Toddlers are still mastering difficult sounds, but you can understand more of what they’re saying.
- Language learning (3-4 years)
  
  Preschoolers can tell simple stories, put words to emotions, and use words as part of their play with others.
- Language delay (5-8 years)
  
  At 5-8 years, children understand more about sounds and how they make words. This helps them with learning to read. By the time children are five, you can understand all of what they say.
- Language development in autistic children (Birth-8 years)
  
  Autistic children can find it hard to learn and use language. Lack of interest in other people means autistic children have fewer opportunities to use and practise language.
- Active listening with Pre-teens (8-12 years) and Teens (13-19 years)
  
  Active listening is a skill that you can use to improve your communication with your child. It’s more than just hearing your child – it’s tuning in to your child’s thoughts and feelings.
- Listening to and negotiating with Pre-teens (8-12 years) and Teens (13-19 years)
  
  When you negotiate well with pre-teens and teenagers, it helps them learn how to think through what they want and need and communicate their wants and needs in a reasonable way.
- Resources for parents
  There is some good research-based information in these online articles.
- How to spot the signs of bullying (school aged children)
  
  Sometimes parents' occupations can mean your children can be bullied. These articles explore the signs of bullying and ways to support your child.
- School aged bullying
- Non-verbal communication (2-8 years)
  
  Positive nonverbal communication is good for relationships with children and child development. You can use nonverbal communication to guide children’s behaviour.
- Dress-up games (3-6 years)
  
  Dress-up games let your child play different roles, explore ideas and develop imagination.
- Puppet play: How it helps child development (2-8 years)
  
  In this video an expert explains how puppet play helps children’s emotional and social development.
- Puppet play and emotions (3-6 years)
  
  Puppet play is a fun way for children to learn about strong feelings.
- Making simple puppets (Birth - 8 years)
  
  Find out how to make simple puppets in this video.
- Imagining, creating and play (toddlers)
  
  Play ideas to develop toddler imagination include reading, drawing, dress-ups, nature walks, treasure boxes, messy play and more.
- Simple homemade stories to help your toddler through life transitions
- Imagining, creating and play (5-8 years)
  
  Play ideas for school-age imaginative development include reading, word games, pretend play, music play, arts and craft, nature walks and more.
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