The Skills Framework

This A1 sized poster outlines a comprehensive framework for developing early literacy and language skills. ​ It categorises various developmental milestones and skills across auditory, receptive language, vocabulary, expressive language, phonological awareness, speech, symbolic understanding, pragmatic skills, visual attention, and fine motor abilities. ​

Key areas include:

1. Auditory Skills: Focus on attention, discrimination, memory, blending, and segmentation. 
2. Receptive Language: Understanding instructions, questions, and abstract concepts. 
3. Vocabulary Development: Learning nouns, verbs, and non-literal language. 
4. Expressive Language: Using sentences, generating ideas, and storytelling.
5. Phonological Awareness: Skills like rhyming, alliteration, syllable recognition, and phoneme identification. 
6. Speech Sounds: Development of consonants, clusters, and intelligibility. 
7. Symbolic Understanding: Recognizing meaning in words, symbols, and print. 
8. Pragmatic Skills: Role play, group conversation, empathy, and relationships. 
9. Visual Skills: Attention, discrimination, and memory. 
10. Fine Motor Skills: Writing, cutting, threading, and drawing.

The framework emphasises systematic preparation for literacy through activities that integrate auditory, visual, and motor skills, fostering creativity, empathy, and group interaction. ​ It provides detailed developmental stages and strategies for educators and caregivers to support children's literacy and language growth.