EYLF Learning Outcome 5

Children are effective communicators

Effective communication is empowering. Children can learn to express their ideas and receive information from other people. Early childhood educators can help children fall in love with mark making, languages, mathematics, and the arts.

  • 5.1 Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes.
  • 5.2 Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these texts.
  • 5.3 Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media.
  • 5.4 Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work.
  • 5.5 Children use digital technologies and media to access information, investigate ideas and represent their thinking.

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