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At Home

All the fun activities that you do with your child at home are important in supporting their learning and development, and have a really long lasting effect on your child’s learning as they progress through their early years life and beyond.

 

 

Talk about the numbers, colours, words and letters you see when you are out and about

 

Sing and tell nursery rhymes

 

Allow your child to cut out and stick pictures from magazines

 

Plant seeds or bulbs in a pot or garden patch

 

Cook / bake together

 

Use the weather – shadows, rain puddles, snow, wind, mist and sun – to extend your child’s vocabulary

 

Explore the park at a different time of the year – go off the beaten track

 

Talk to your child at every opportunity – e.g. what you are doing that day

 

Share a book

 

On a trip to the supermarket, talk about all the different packaging shapes

 

 

Even when your child is very young and is not yet able to talk, talking to them helps them to learn and understand new words and ideas. If you make the time every day to do some of the following things with your child it will make a real difference to your child’s confidence as a young learner.

 

 

If you're looking for new ideas for things to do then find out what is on offer at your local children’s centre. Many offer ‘messy play’ activities which you and your child can join in with, and many of the activities they provide are free. Staff can also give you advice about the kinds of books or other activities your child might enjoy at different ages.

 

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