FAMILY CORNER
Home is where the start is: communication counts
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Our free virtual family festival is back this February!
We’re delighted to announce that we will be running our free online family festival, Home is where the start is, for the second year running!
During this fun family event, which will take place via Zoom, we will share information and advice about how parents and carers of under-fives can support children’s learning and development at home through lots of exciting sessions for them and their children.
This year’s event will focus on how parents and carers can support their children’s communication and language development, and will include sessions on bilingualism, Makaton and music, movement, rhythm and rhyme ... and and much, much more.
The three-day online festival will run from Thursday 22 February to Saturday 24 February 2024, and parents and carers can book to attend as many or as few free sessions as they like.
Families can sign up for their free sessions at bit.ly/FamilyFestivalEYA2024.
AGENDA
Thursday 22 February
1pm - 2pm: Annie Price, television presenter and BBC Tiny Happy People ambassador
2pm - 2.30pm: An overview of BBC Tiny Happy People
Friday 23 February
10am - 11am: Family Connect – Building babies’ brains
11.30am - 12.30pm: Bilingualism – making it count
1pm - 1.45pm: Activity fun with BBC Tiny Happy People
2.30pm - 3.30pm: Using Makaton in the early years
Saturday 24 February
9am - 9.45am: Music and movement, rhythm and rhyme with Boogie Mites
10am - 10.45am: Time for a snack
11am - 12 noon: 15 minutes of ‘you-time’ a day – an adult mindfulness and yoga session
Join our family festival for a chance to win a Pebble Collection Basket worth £179.99 from TTS.
All families who attend any of our family festival sessions will be automatically entered into a prize draw for a chance to win a fantastic Pebble Collection Basket worth £179.99, kindly supplied by TTS.
The assortment of pebbles in varying shapes, weights, sizes and textures nestled in a soft, large basket offers a treasure like collection of tactile, open-ended and versatile resources, supports schematic play and enriches language.
Under 5 magazine
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