No verbal communication at nursery

Our toddler speaks non stop at home with both myself and partner in two languages. She sings, counts, knows the colours, enjoys role playing and story time. At nursery however she does not communicate verbally and would only point or whisper. Staff say she understands everything and is confident but learns by observing. We have a plan in place with the nursery where they’re going to observe her and share insights with us soon. In the meantime, how do we provide her the support she needs?

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How old?

26 months (born in Jan 2024)

It could just be that she’s shy around the staff and prefers not to speak x

How long has she been there?

She moved to this room 4 months ago, but during this period there has been a lot of staff turnover and they changed her key person a couple of times. I also gave birth to baby sister during this period, don’t know if it’s related

The biggest factors are her being bilingual and the new sib. Kids learning two languages often speak a bit later. It is not concerning developmentally speaking at 26 months.

Is she quiet in all social situations? My LO takes a while to warm up, even at nursery where he’s been going over a year now. And when we go out and about it’ll depend where and who with.

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