Tiny Talkers Rotherham

Children learn best through play! It helps them develop new skills, communicate their ideas and learn to explore. When you join in and play together, you’ll be introducing children to new words and helping to develop their communication skills.

The National Literacy Trust have an early years newsletter where they regularly share fun free activities you can complete with little ones.

Register on their website: http://wordsforlife.org.uk/newsletter

Are you a new parent? Family Corner - Early Years Alliance's free programme 'Being together, my baby and me' will help you learn more about your baby’s learning and development and provide post-natal support.

There are three sessions, each one an hour long, looking at a different topic with lots of opportunities to share and learn as we discuss our thoughts and chat about our experiences together.

Next course:
Thursday 2, 9 & 16 July
1pm - 2pm

Book this and more dates here:

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At this time of year, some of our Tiny Talkers are getting ready for the transition to school. There is so much that families can do to support this exciting time!

National Literacy Trust

🌿💛 Little Readers, Big Love for Nature! 💛🌿

It’s never too early to start helping your child learn about animals, nature and caring for our world 🌍

Sharing stories together is a lovely way to spark curiosity and nurture a love of the environment from the very beginning.

📚 The BookTrust have found a fantastic collection of books for babies and toddlers (ages 0–4) that:
🐞 Introduce animals and habitats
🌳 Celebrate the natural world
💚 Encourage care and kindness for our planet

✨ Perfect for cosy story times and little conversations that make a big difference!

👉 Take a look and find your next favourite book here:
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recommendations/booklists/books-about-the-environment-for-babies-and-toddlers/

Books about the environment for babies and toddlers It’s never too early to learn about animals and nature. Here is a selection of books aimed at ages 0-4, that will inspire babies and toddlers to care…

The best way to help your child learn to speak, is to talk to them as much as possible in your own language. If children know their first language well, it will help them to learn English too.

Our friends at the National Literacy Trust have a walk and talk trail, which is full of tips and tricks to help your 0-5 year old develop their language and communication skills. Perfect for bilingual families, the trail is available to download in:

Albanian
Arabic
Bengali
Chinese
Czech
French
Gujurati
Nepalese
Panjabi
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Slovak
Somali
Spanish
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu

Visit their website to download your free copy:

Talking to your child when you’re out and about Walking near your home can be a good chance to get your child speaking about the things they see and hear around them.

Children start to learn speech and communication from day one!

For more ideas and activities visit www.tinytalkers.co.uk

👶💛 Tummy Time – Little Moments, Big Benefits!

Did you know the NHS recommends tummy time as an important part of your baby’s development?

Spending short, supervised time on their tummy helps your baby to:
✨ Build the muscles they need for sitting and crawling
✨ Strengthen their neck, shoulders and back
✨ Explore how they can move their head, arms and legs

It doesn’t have to be long – just a few minutes at a time throughout the day soon adds up!

💡 Top tips:
- Start from birth with baby lying on your chest
- Keep it short and fun – little and often works best
- Get down on their level, chat, sing or use toys to engage them
- Always supervise and only do tummy time when baby is awake

👉 Find out more and get ideas here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people/articles/zm2wrj6

💕 Every wriggle, stretch and lift is helping your baby grow stronger and more confident.

What is 'Tummy Time' and when should you start it? The NHS recommends tummy time as a way to build muscles that your baby will need for sitting and crawling. We go through the benefits of tummy time and what tummy time is.

⚽🏏🎾 June Reading Mission: It’s a summer of sport – read a sporty book!

This month’s BookTrust challenge is perfect for all our little sports fans!

With so many exciting tournaments happening right now – from football action, to Wimbledon just around the corner, and plenty of cricket to enjoy – it’s the perfect time to explore stories inspired by sport!

📚 Try this at home:
- Pick a book about a favourite sport your child is watching
- Share a story about teamwork, practice and never giving up
- Talk together about your favourite teams or players

💬 We’d LOVE to see what you’re reading – comment below with your sporty book picks or photos!

👉 Discover the BookTrust Reading Mission calendar here:
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/find-resources/2026-reading-calendar-a-fun-book-mission-for-every-month-of-the-year

2026 reading calendar: A fun book mission for every month of the year Download our fun 2026 Reading Missions calendar and enjoy discovering all sorts of wonderful books.

Chat with your baby or child as you play together, in the language you know best.

Chatting while you play will help children learn new words. Chatting in the language you’re most confident with will help them to learn to speak and communicate well.

The National Literacy Trust’s Chat, Play, Read booklet is filled with games and top tips to play with your little one. The best bit? It’s available in 19 languages and you can listen to voice recordings in those languages too.

Download yours: https://wordsforlife.org.uk/activities/chat-play-read-interactive-activity-booklets/

Download Chat, play, read booklets Our chat, play, read activity booklets are filled with fun and simple activities. Each one will support your child to learn new words and develop their language and communication skills.

🚀 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧! 🚀

Noises in the background can make it hard for your child to focus on what you are saying to them, try having some time everyday playing together with the radio and tv turned off.