Early Years Alliance Family Time Tips offer fun, practical tips and advice to promote children’s learning and development. Activities have been chosen to ensure they positively support your child as they learn through play. Simply browse the categories below and start having some fun with your family! Healthy Recipes Try some faun and exciting new recipes […]
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Bubbles are universally loved by babies and toddlers, and are a wonderful way of spending special magic time with your child and enjoying the moment. Bubbles also encourage many areas of development and learning. For example: Blowing bubbles develops the small muscles in your child’s mouth as they blow. Strengthening these muscles is
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Singing together is a great way for adults to encourage toddlers’ growing language skills during the earliest pre-talking years. Singing together is especially good as it is a fun activity that develops language and confidence but without any pressure to do anything else but have fun and enjoy the moment – and it is completely
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What is free play? Simply put it is play without any rules. Many of our children spend more time than ever in organised activities. While this can give them the chance to experience and learn new skills, being too busy can have an impact on both their mental and physical wellbeing. Play needs to give
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Childhood serves a purpose; it isn’t something to “get through” or speed up. It’s there to protect developing minds. To nurture young souls. So, let’s give our kids the space to be unbusy. Let’s unschedule. Let’s “miss out”. Let’s hold the space for childhood. Because childhood isn’t a dress rehearsal for adulthood. —Tracy Gillett We all
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Our Explorers Plus Session jointly run with the Portage Team at Bellingham Children & Family Centre on Tuesday mornings has been a huge success and parents and children aged 0-5 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are really enjoying some time to play and learn together. The session has been so successful that we
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How do puzzles support children’s learning and development? Adapted from an article by Melanie Pilcher in Under 5 Magazine From birth, your child’s growing brain solves puzzles as part of their brain development. From the time a young baby reaches out to grasp a toy for the first time, the brain is making connections.
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Thank you for taking part in the National Week of Play – we hope you enjoyed it! Over the past week, we’ve had a great time celebrating the unifying nature of play and exploring how to build positive connections and break down barriers. In case you missed them, you can also revisit all the Play Week
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This year’s National Week of Play, which will run from 19 June to 25 June, will focus on how play can help us build positive connections and break down barriers, whether cultural, generational, societal or otherwise. Play is often described as a “universal language” – but what does this mean in practice? How can we ensure
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Getting outside with your baby or young child is a great way to get a bit of exercise and help their brain development. Every June The Wildlife Trust hosts 30 days Wild as a way to help families get out into their local area to enjoy and learn about nature in their area. Sign-up today for
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