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5. Comment more than question

Describing, explaining and commenting helps children develop their understanding and learn new words Tell your children about things, especially the things they show an interest in. Describe what you are doing and comment on what they are doing.


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[ 01 Feb 2010]
February`s Top Tip

snowman Have fun talking together about the winter weather and share rhymes and activites with a winter theme.

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[ 24 Jul 2009]
Quest Seekers!

Quest Seekers is Coventry Libraries’ Summer Reading Challenge for 2009.

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[ 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.

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[ 24 Jul 2009]
Design a new library ticket competition!

Win £25 and see your design reproduced as Coventry Libraries new young people’s tickets.

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[ 24 Jul 2009]
Summer Holiday Events at Coventry Libraries

Coventry Libraries are hosting a series of fun events for children during the summer holidays.

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[ 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.

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[ 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.

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[ 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.

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[ 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.

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[ 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.

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[ 23 Apr 2008]
The National Year of Reading

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.

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[ 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.

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