Communication and Language
Communication and Language is the EYFS strand about listening, understanding and talking. For a toddler that means hearing new words attached to real things, following a simple instruction, and having a reason to say something. The activities here are chosen because they are full of talk: naming what goes in the basket, describing wet and dry, giving a soft toy a voice. You do not need to teach anything. Do the activity, narrate what is happening, and leave gaps for them to fill.
363 activities
A Few at a Time
Barefoot on the Grass
Bath Toy Colours
Blanket Tunnel Crawl
Board Book Page Turn
Bottle Shaker Band
Cloud Spotting Lie-Down
Copy My Face
Copy My Sip
Copycat Chat
Doorstep Watch
Empty the Washing Machine
Fabric Swatch Feel
Family Photo Peekaboo
Finger Family on Your Hand
Finger Paint Fruit
Flap Door Peekaboo
Foil Tray Drum Band
Ghost Sheet Peekaboo
Go Again?
Haunted House Box
Hello, Kitchen!
Incy Wincy's Adventure
Just Out of Reach
Lights On, Lights Off
One Colour Treasure Basket
One More Bubble
Our People Book
Packing Paper Nest
Picture Card Point & Name
Point and It Comes
Round and Round the Garden
Scarf Through the Box
Story Time Lap Snuggle
Textured Fabric Basket
The Tub They Can't Open
Touch the Garden
Uh Oh Drop
Up on the Shelf
Warm Cloth Face Wipe
Where Is Everyone?
Which Book Tonight?
Which One?
Who Says Moo
Who's on the Phone?
Whose Nose?
Window Bird Watch
Window Wave
Bowl Drum Concert
Basin Boat Bob
Bell Bracelet Shake
Bye-Bye, Bath Water
Cheers!
Cushion Story Nest
Feed the Hungry Monster
Handprint Witch
Hello on the Screen
Hello, Mr Bus!
Hello, Park! Bye, Park!
Peekaboo, Hello!
Photo Book Browse
Pick Your Brush
Sound Hunt Walk
Special Delivery
Spoon Drum Beat
Stuffed Animal Heartbeat Listen
Teddy Says Hello
Teddy's Teeth First
Teddy's Turn to Drink
The Hello Song
The Missing Piece
Top Ones, Bottom Ones
Torchlight Bug Search
Treasure Basket Walk
Watch Me Do Mine
Wave From the Window
Window Raindrop Watch
Bath Time Names
Names on a Walk
Point, Name, Pause
Scarf Sway Dance
Shaker Bottle Shake
Shopping Into the Cupboard
Sock, Shoe, Coat
Under the Blanket
A Short Goodbye
Blue Cup Walk
Car Goes Home
Hand Me the Duck
Knock And Count
My Turn, Your Teeth
One Shoe, Then the Other
Puddle Splash Count
Puppet Story Den
Ring Ring, Hello
Sticky Tree Walk
Tiptoe And Stomp
Toy Tidy Scoop
Who's at the Door?
Backs and Fronts
Basket Dip
Bedtime Book Fetch
Book Basket Pick
Bring Me A Book
Farm Song With Toys
Feely Bag
Fetch Your Shoes
Here's Your…
Milk or Water?
Music Freeze Dance
One Colour Painting
Parking Spaces
Pass the Banana
Photo Hello Wall
Quiet Mouse, Loud Lion
Red Box Post
Ride-On Delivery
Teddy's Bedtime Story
Teddy's Dinner
Under the Cushion
You Read To Me
All Gone
Bye-Bye Everything
Coat Off, Light Off
Colour Cup Match
More Bricks, More Bubbles
Scribble Monsters
Shaker Band Practice
Teddy Jumps
Wash Your Toes
Big One, Little One
Coat by the Door
Cup to the Table
Fetch the Ball
Fetch the Towel
Find It and Point
Incy Wincy Fingers
Jump The Line
Laundry Sorting Pile
Row Your Boat
Socks, Then Shoes
Spoon to Me
The Same Job Each Night
Toy in the Box
Where Does It Go?
Whose Sock Is That?
Whose Turn?
A Card to Post
All Aboard the Chair Bus
Animal Puzzle Homes
Bat Cave Den
Bear Hunt Round the House
Bus Song Gaps
Cardboard Drum Beat
Cars At The Window
Cauldron Potion
Colour Hunt Basket
Cotton Bud Colour Match
Counting Step Walk
Doctor Bear Checkup
Dress-Up Box
Drum Roll, Then Hush
Follow My Moves
From Book to Toy
From the Next Room
Ghost Bowling
Hallway Tape Roads
Jelly Hands Dig
Kiss Teddy, Then Bed
Last Word Lullaby
Laundry Finder
Lolly Stick Animal Puzzles
Loud And Quiet Dance
Loud Shoes, Quiet Socks
Magic Milk
Menu Picture Point
Name Everything on the Table
Pick A Colour Outfit
Pick a Fruit and Bring It
Put Toys To Bed
Quiet Bubble Watch
Shaker Bottle Symphony
Sock Sorting By Feel
Spooky Sounds Band
Spot the Red Thing
Stop And Go Freeze
Storytime Snuggle Guess
Teddy Tea Party
Tree and Back
Two Little Birds
Whisper And Roar Story
Whisper Game
Who Lives Here?
Whose Place Is This?
Wind The Bobbin Up
Witch's Soup
Flour Finger Drawing
Kitchen Shape Hunt
Match The Socks
Matching Picture Cards
Pinch and Push
Pumpkin Patch Shop
Pumpkin Spice Café
Shopkeeper Pretend Sell
Sort The Laundry
Teddy's Trick-or-Treat Trail
Texture Basket Guess
Three Bears Line Up
Turn The Dial
Dough Creature
Pumpkin Faces and Feelings
Big Bead Caterpillar
Cloud Shapes
Copy My Clap
Family Band
Finish the Rhyme
Fridge Door Gallery
Guess Who's Talking
How Many Sounds?
Hum and Guess
Junk Model Maker
Mix a New Colour
Show and Tell Call
Tell Me the Pictures
Tube Voice
What Disappears?
When You Were a Baby
Who Does This Job?
Who's Hiding?
Write What They Say
Sink or Float Guess
Tube Ball Run
Apple Taste Test
Autumn Leaf Collage
Baby Photo Line
Barefoot Feely Path
Beanbag Target Games
Bike and Scooter Wash
Billy Goats Gruff Bridge
Block Castle
Bubble Beard Faces
Bubble Snake Bottle
Bug Hotel
Café Order Pad
Cardboard Box Car
Chalk Round the Puddle
Colour Pattern Tower
Crayon Rubbing Hunt
Cress Head Pots
Cross the River
Den for Two
Dolls' Clothes Wash
Draw Round the Shapes
Dress for the Weather
Enormous Turnip Pull
Family Height Line
Feely Bag Mystery
Fill the Bird Feeder
Five Nesting Boxes
Five Pumpkins on a Wall
Follow My Leader Walk
Frozen Toy Rescue
Guess the Voice
Hair Salon
Hedgehog Winter Box
Hide the Music
Junk Model Rocket
Lemonade Stall
Letter for the Postbox
Library Book Choosing
Listening Walk
Minibeast Hunt
Monster Says
Mr Wolf Chase
My Own Bath Wash
Name Ball Catch
Nature Table
Nursery Rhyme Theatre
Pack Your Own Bag
Park Balance Trail
Pause the Story
Petal Perfume
Pick Your Snack
Plant Spring Bulbs
Play Dough Colour Squish
Pumpkin Scoop and Sort
Pumpkin Window Walk
Put the Shopping Away
Rain Stick Music
Rainbow Treasure Hunt
Rainbow Water Cups
Rainstorm Body Band
Ramp Roll Race
Recycling Sorter
Rice Tray Diggers
Salt Dough Shapes
Shadow Drawing
Shaker Pairs
Skeleton Shake
Sleeping Lions
Slow Motion Animals
Smell Pots
Snow Dough World
Sound Effects Story
Splash Sounds Test
Story Spoons
Sun and Shade Hunt
Tallest to Smallest
Three Bears' House
Three Little Pigs Houses
Tissue Paper Window
Tongs Colour Sort
Toy Car Road Map
Toy Mending Day
Toy Vet's Surgery
Traffic Light Scooter
Trick-or-Treat Doors
Video Show and Tell
Warm and Cold Hands
Washing Day Helper
Weather on My Back
Wet and Dry Stones
What Dissolves?
What's Missing Tray
Which Cup Holds More?
Whisper Messages
Whose Coat Fits?
Windy Day Watch
Witch's Potion Lab
Your Own Obstacle Course
Your Turn to Tell
A Garage for Every Car
Car Colour Tally
Cloud Story Watch
Family Jobs Chart
Family Sports Day
Foil Tray Boats
Goodnight Rhymes
Our Art Gallery
Paper Chain Countdown
Picture Clue Treasure Hunt
Picture Shopping List
Rhyming Picnic
Robot Talk Guessing
Silly Song Swaps
Sock Puppet Show
Story Map Drawing
Three Good Things
Toy Shop Till
Toy Town Small World
Broomstick Gallop
Clap Your Name
Clapping Rhyme
First Letter Hunt
Folded Story Book
I Spy First Sounds
Jump the Beats
Our Own Chase Game
Pairs Memory Game
Rhyme and Jump
Rhyming Pairs Basket
Road Sign Shapes
Snake Hiss, Bee Buzz
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