Supporting Literacy at Home
Support your literacy at home with ideas from BookTrust Hometime section. They have put together some fun stories and activities to help keep children entertained at home. Lots of lovely interactive ideas to put the fun into family literacy.
Managing children’s behaviour
A series of films, featuring some of the Centre's child mental health experts, aim to provide help and guidance to nursery staff on how to manage a range of different issues.
There are a series of three webinars on:
- 'Managing challenging behaviour in early years settings'.
- 'Supporting children in early years settings who may have experienced trauma' and
- 'Supporting staff wellbeing in early years settings'
Find more information here.
Early Years SENDCo Information
Children who find it difficult to concentrate may benefit from the sensory toys and aids available on the
Fledglings website.
‘Tangles and fidget toys can aid concentration and reduce anxiety by providing additional stimulation for sensory seekers. They can also help provide stress and anxiety relief and come in a variety of forms including metal tangles, stretchy string, bubble toys and maze toys.
Sand timers are great for developing concentration skills. They provide a way to judge how much time is left, without having to know how to tell the time, which is perfect for setting time limits for tasks and activities to prevent them from getting bored. If your child is easily distracted by visual stimulation toys, then you could use a digital timer, so they can listen out for the timer instead.’
I CAN EYSEND Partnership
As part of the EYSEND Partnership, I CAN is pleased to be offering training to early years SENCos, managers and early years practitioners to enable excellent support for SLCN in early years settings.
The training is provided at two levels – core (introductory), in-depth (advanced). You may choose to start with the core training and move to the in-depth, or if you have had previous SLCN training, you could move straight to the in-depth training.
Save your spot today!
Teaching in the early years
Watch out on Tuesday 28 June for the launch of a new Birth to 5 Matters podcast on Using Birth to 5 Matters to help prepare for your Ofsted inspection.
For more read here.
'50 Things to do before you are Five
Download the App. Help your child to thrive: 50 things to do before you are five.
The 50 Things To Do app features activities to support the different stages of development for children from birth until they are five years old.
This incredible app is now available to residents across Warwickshire and all residents need to do is download it from their phone or tablets app store.
50 Things To Do Before You're Five gives you 50 activities that parents and carers can support their children to try out. It’s a great way to tick off fun, free or low-cost activities for under-fives.
All activities within the app are built around resources and amenities within local communities, encouraging families to visit places and take part in fun things to do on their doorstep, such as visiting local libraries, museums, parks and green spaces.
The activities aim to support early education and develop children's social skills and can include anything from looking at books, singing songs and rhymes, painting and drawing, playing with letters and numbers, through to being with others or going out and about on outings and visits.
Presented through a mobile app, it’s easy to access and conveniently available whenever the moment arises for a new activity. There is also a wealth of helpful information within the app to support families and professionals working with children.
The app will also be used by early years settings and schools across the county and promoted to families by a range of professionals working in SEND services, Health, Public Health, Libraries, Community Groups, Adult Education and Family Hubs.
Read more here.