Help Your Child At Home

We have added some useful guidance documents to help your child’s learning at home:

EYFS Guidance

Guidance to your Child’s Learning and Development in the Early Years Foundation Stage

• What to expect in the EYFS (updated 2021)

Growing Healthy County Durham

Growing Healthy County Durham: A Range of Health Professionals who aim to work in partnership with children, young people, and their families to promote their health and well-being. Visit the Growing Healthy County Durham website.

Communication & Language Development

• Listen Up
• Misunderstood
• Other ways of speaking
• Raa Raa The noisy lion and watching television
• Small talk
• Top Tips

Supporting a child who stammers

• What we know about stammering
• Top tips for helping your young child who stammers
• Fluency Techniques
• Advice for school staff – Helping a child who stammers

Develop your child’s communication skills through simple interaction and play.

• Hungry Little Minds
• Tiny Happy People
• Look, Say Sing and Play (this leaflet gives parents a handy introduction to brain building tips up to the age of 2)
• Books that support children to talk about feelings and emotions

How to Potty Train

• How to Potty Train – Training Tips

Dummies and Talking

• Dummies and Talking
• Dummies and learning to talk
• Do dummies affect speech?
• Use A Dummy? (Leaflet)

Dummy Elf Resources 

We are very happy to print these resources for you, please ask at the office:

• Elf Dummy Advice
• Elf Dummy Chart
• Elf Dummy Certificate
• Elf Present Labels
• Elf Thank You Letter

Talk With Me

• Talk With Me Sheet – prenatal to newborn
• Talk With Me Sheet – newborn to 6 months
• Talk With Me Sheet – 6 to 12 months
• Talk With Me Sheet – 12 to 18 months
• Talk With Me Sheet – 18 to 24 months
• Talk With Me Sheet – 2 to 3 years
• Talk With Me Sheet – 3 to 4 years
• Talk With Me Sheet – 4 years plus 

Read With Me

• Read With Me Leaflet – newborn to 12 months
• Read With Me Leaflet – 12 to 24 months
• Read With Me Leaflet – 2 to 3 years
• Read With Me Leaflet – 3 to 4 years
• Read With Me Leaflet – 4 to 5 years

Count With Me

• Count With Me Leaflet – 1 to 2 Years
• Count With Me Leaflet – 2 to 3 Years
• Count With Me Leaflet – 3 to 4 Years
• Count With Me Leaflet – 4 Years Plus

Writing

• Early Years – Getting Ready to Write

Adobe Reader 
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