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[ 06 May 2010]May`s Question
My child sometimes says words incorrectly. Should I correct them or ignore it?
[ 06 May 2010]
May`s Top Tip
Encourage your child's listening skills by pointing out sounds around them
[ 01 Feb 2010]
February`s Top Tip
Have fun talking together about the winter weather and share rhymes and activites with a winter theme.
[ 19 Jan 2010]
'What Babies Love` Leaflet
Due to demand from health and early years professionals Bookstart have now made the What Babies Love Concertina leaflet available to purchase.
[ 14 Jan 2010]
January`s Top Tip: Get Noisy!
Have fun making sounds together.
[ 14 Jan 2010]
January`s Question
What is 'parentese'?
[ 01 Dec 2009]
December`s Top Tip
Use the TV wisely....
[ 01 Dec 2009]
December`s You Ask the Question
My child only uses single words to communicate! How can I encourage her to link words together to make small phrases?
[ 19 Nov 2009]
November`s Top Tip
Have fun with rhythm and sounds using items from the kitchen cupboards! Young children from 9 months upwards will enjoy this activity.
[ 10 Nov 2009]
Use Christmas shopping to expand your child's vocabulary
You can use the run up to Christmas when you might be doing more shopping than usual to teach your child new words. As you put things in your trolley name them for your child and make sure you name things that your child points at.
[ 10 Nov 2009]
My three year old gets really frustrated when we play together and he ends up throwing things at me
A successful way of playing with young children is to start by making sure they feel in control of the game
[ 24 Jul 2009]
Quest Seekers!
Quest Seekers is Coventry Libraries’ Summer Reading Challenge for 2009.
[ 24 Jul 2009]
The Bookstart Book Crawl
A summer book programme for under fives is running in all Coventry libraries and is a fun way of encouraging young children to enjoy sharing books.
[ 24 Jul 2009]
Design a new library ticket competition!
Win £25 and see your design reproduced as Coventry Libraries new young people’s tickets.
[ 24 Jul 2009]
Summer Holiday Events at Coventry Libraries
Coventry Libraries are hosting a series of fun events for children during the summer holidays.
[ 23 Mar 2009]
March`s 'You Ask the Question'
I’ve been advised to use gestures and signs with my two and half year old. Won’t this make him lazy and less able to talk?
[ 23 Mar 2009]
March`s Top Tip
Add a word !
[ 01 Dec 2008]
December`s Top Tip !
Use the run up to Christmas to encourage your child to join in with familiar festive songs.
[ 01 Dec 2008]
December`s You Ask the Question
My child doesn`t seem to enjoy stories. What can I do?
[ 20 Nov 2008]
New Training Opportunity
Listen Think Talk is a new and free training programme being offered to all Early Years Settings across Coventry.
[ 10 Nov 2008]
November`s 'You ask the Question'
'My child only points to things, he doesn`t ever ask for things by name. What should I do?'
[ 10 Nov 2008]
November`s Top Tip: Expanding and Modelling Language!
You can help develop your child`s language by scaffolding it. This means modelling for them the next step you would like them to achieve......
[ 23 Oct 2008]
Ernesford Grange Community School hosts 'Get Talking'
During October Ernesford Grange Community School in Coventry hosted a 4 hour pilot programme to introduce young people to the importance of helping all young children to become confident communicators.
[ 13 Oct 2008]
October`s `You Ask the Question' : Why is it good to be bi-lingual?
A Speech and Language Therapist provides some answers.
[ 07 Oct 2008]
Conference for Childminders'
Come and find out ways that you can support the children you care for to be "Confident Communicators for LIfe".
[ 07 Oct 2008]
Octobers Top Tip : Identifying sounds
Before children can learn to recognise sounds in words they need to be able to recognise natural sounds.
[ 29 Sep 2008]
National Bookstart Day, October 10th
Pirates is the theme for this year`s National Bookstart and lots of events are planned for Coventry.
[ 09 Sep 2008]
September`s Top Tip! SING TO YOUR BABY
Make use of everyday activities by singing to your baby.
[ 09 Sep 2008]
You Ask the Question!
How can we support a child from Poland who has just joined our setting?
[ 21 Jul 2008]
Bookstart Book Crawl
All children under five can join in the Summer Reading Challenge by taking part in the Team Read Bookstart Book Crawl. Just pick up a Book Crawl Collectors Card to get started this summer.
[ 22 May 2008]
Coventry Talk now at PLA Fun Day
The Coventry Talk now stand and freebies will be at Pre-school Learning Alliance Fun Day at War Memorial Park on Thursday 12th June, 2008.
[ 22 May 2008]
Childminders' session to celebrate child care month
The "Coventry Talk now!" stand and freebies will be at the Childminding Story, Rhyme and Activity morning at Queens Raod Baptist Church on Wednesday 11th June at 0930-1130.
[ 22 May 2008]
Parents as Parents in Early Learning - Dads!
Dads have been working hard in the North East of the city with their children outside in an exciting new project.
Find out more about this project and refer any male carers and children aged 2-5 in the Bell Greeen and NDC areas to take part.
[ 22 May 2008]
Parents as Partners in Early Learning - Young parents.
Young parents living across the city have been supported by Valley House and Radford Children Centre lo learn more about communicating with their babies and young children, through the story "We are going on a Bear Hunt!".
[ 22 May 2008]
Parents as Partners in Early Learning- BME parents
Parents living in BME communities and those with English as an additional language have been supported to learn more about their children's learning, play development and communication skills through a programme in Foleshill and Hillfields Children Centre
[ 22 May 2008]
Playing and Learning together resources
New resources have been made avaliable by the Department of children, schools and families to help parents understand the vital role that they play in supporting their children's early leraning by playing and learning together.
[ 23 Apr 2008]
The National Year of Reading
2008 is the National Year of Reading. This means we will be celebrating words and reading in all their forms throughout the year encouraging more people to read more things and to join their local library.
[ 23 Apr 2008]
The Bookstart Bear in Coventry!
The Bookstart Bear visited the Coventry Talk Now Conference on 15 March. It was a great chance for Bookstart and library staff to meet families attending the event and talk about sharing books with babies and toddlers.