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Nottinghamshire Language for Life

Good speaking and listening skills are crucial. Children need them to do well at school and to make friendships. Much later on, good communication skills are vital for their careers, as well as their all-round wellbeing.

Nottinghamshire Language for Life provides advice for everyone in Nottinghamshire, so we can all help our children learn to talk and communicate to the best of their ability.

Top Tips

There are lots of things you can do to help your child's speech and language develop. Below are 7 top tips.

Talk with me all the day – at bath time, meal times and in play.
Sing songs and rhymes with me.
Our best place is face to face.
Listen to me, give me time- I have lots of things to say.
Keep dummies for sleep times only.
Switch off and talk with me.
Share books with me.

Talking Tuesdays

Would you like even more handy hints, useful resources and challenges to try out with your child? Make sure you follow Notts Language for Life on social media, where they post regular updates including the Talking Tuesdays feature.

Twitter: @NottsLang4Life Facebook: @nottslanguageforlife

As a school we share these Talking Tuesday Tips as a regular future in our Newsletter, on whole school Dojo and we retweet them on our school Twitter page.

Notts Language for Life Nottinghamshire Language for Life provides advice for everyone in Nottinghamshire, so we can all help our children learn to talk and communicate to the best of their ability. This network of support is a partnership between Nottinghamshire Healthcare, Nottinghamshire County, Nottinghamshire Children and Families Partnership and many others, all working together across Nottinghamshire.

Hungry Little Minds

The Hungry Little Minds campaign launched in July 2019 by the Department of Education. This is a three-year campaign that aims to help parents understand that they have a big impact on their child’s learning and that reading, playing and chatting with them is a simple thing they can do to help them develop.

Many little things light up hungry little minds. Kids take everything in, and even the smallest things you do with them can make a big difference. They love it when you chat, play and read with them, even when they’re too young to understand everything. Whatever the time and wherever you are, you can turn almost anything into a game. This webpage contains simple and fun activities that you and your child can do together.

Hungry Little Minds The Hungry Little Minds campaign provides lots of ideas that can help boost your child’s learning. You can slot them into your routine and your children will love them.