Free resources for Chatter Matters Week 2020
This year Chatter Matters week, which celebrates the value of communication for our youngest children, will be running from 9 - 13 March.
The week is part of ‘time to talk’™ - Warwickshire’s strategy for supporting the development of speech, language and communication skills of babies and young children in Children’s Centres, Early Years and Childcare settings. The programme is led by a small team of Speech and Language Therapists, employed by South Warwickshire Foundation NHS trust.
Linking to the national 'chat, play, read' campaign and also Warwickshire's famous Bear, the theme for this year's Chatter Matters week is 'Bear with me - Share with me'. You will find a whole bank of bear-themed ideas on the time to talk website (like the one above) for fun and engaging activities to do during the week, and beyond, to develop communication skills in young children.
During the week they will also be sharing some new videos, featuring ‘time to talk’ practitioners and children interacting as they ‘chat, play and read’.
More information about Chatter Matters Week 2020
Coming soon - new resources to support home learning environments
Warwickshire County Council's Early Years Advisory Team is currently working with the ‘time to talk’™ programme to develop some new materials to support the home learning environment.
They have worked with Early Years practitioners within different settings across Warwickshire to find out what resources would be most helpful.
Within this project the team are looking to develop:
- resources to support early years environments
- activity ideas for practitioners which will also be made available for families
- a new page of links to online content and some new video resources created in Warwickshire
- training for selected settings on difficult conversations with parents
If you would like more details on this project, please contact Deborah.powers@swft.nhs.uk or dawnjearum@warwickshire.gov.uk