How can you help your child develop their speech and language skills?

The Education Secretary Damian Hinds says it is a "scandal" that some children still start school unable to speak in full sentences. Mary Hartshorne from the children's communication charity I CAN joins us to share the simple things you can do to help your child speak more fluently.

01 August 2018

3 minutes

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Woman's Hour—Children without beds, the art of flirting and early language learning

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