The skills of speaking and listening are crucial to children’s language acquisition and social development. They are strong building blocks for learning and thinking. Effective communication is a key skill that children will need for the rest of their lives: it is important, therefore, that teachers and parents encourage constructive speaking and listening outside of school. Children should be provided with a range of contexts and opportunities to further develop their speaking and listening skills, including developing the ability to generate the pros and cons of a topic in the format of a debate and being able to review and share experiences, explaining why their experience was important to them.

Here are some websites with ideas:

• https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/advice-for-parents/fun-ideas-learning-at-home/fun-ideas-ages-7-9/
• https://childhood101.com/learning-games-for-speaking-listening-thinking/