{"id":329621,"date":"2026-04-29T16:13:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=329621"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:13:46","slug":"talk-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2026\/04\/29\/talk-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Young children learn language best through conversation. Regular opportunities to talk help them build vocabulary, understand how language works, and develop the confidence to share their ideas and learn from others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can support your child\u2019s language development throughout the day by creating simple, meaningful opportunities for conversation:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Turn everyday moments\u2014like walks, mealtimes, story time, or play\u2014into chances for rich conversation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create spaces at home that encourage talking, with fewer distractions and less background noise.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ask open-ended questions that encourage your child to think and express more detailed ideas. For example, instead of asking \u201cDid you think that would happen?\u201d try \u201cWhy do you think that happened?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These small, daily interactions make a big difference in helping children become confident and capable communicators.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young children learn language best through conversation. Regular opportunities to talk help them build vocabulary, understand how language works, and develop the confidence to share their ideas and learn from others. You can support your child\u2019s language development throughout the day by creating simple, meaningful opportunities for conversation: Turn everyday moments\u2014like walks, mealtimes, story time, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1113,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[271,8,16,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eal","category-grade-1","category-grade-2","category-grade-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}