This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Early Years Advisory Teacher, Karen Loft, on behalf of BBC Tiny Happy People for the attention of all Early Years and childcare practitioners
It is almost December and the end of the year, but BBC Tiny Happy People are showing no signs of slowing down! They have a jampacked few weeks lined up at the Tiny Happy People HQ with an action-packed Facebook Live, amazing new resources, and lots of collaborations planned.
New Professional Resource Pages - There is a selection of informative resource pages for professionals working with families. View them here and please do feel free to feedback by emailing: tinyhappypeople@bbc.co.uk
Talking Tips For Parents - A set of key language learning techniques for parents to try and build into their everyday chat and play with their little ones, arranged by age. They're the perfect tool to explore with the parents you support
What First Words Are Common? - We caught up with speech and language therapist Janet Cooper to learn more about how children come to say their first words, how parents can help them on their way and ways they can support children to build on their initial words. For free resources to the improve language and communication skills of 0-4 year olds - View online
Tiny Happy People SLT Live! on Thursday 8th December BBC Tiny Happy People will be hosting a Facebook Live event. Join them and their guest speakers where they will bust myths around speech and language therapy. More details will be on their Facebook and Instagram pages soon.
To find out more about the next few weeks follow the link: Children's language development and parenting advice - BBC Tiny Happy People