Bolton Start Well

Top Tips of the month

Guidance for Top Tips of the month
Guidance for the use of monthly speech, language and communication development top tips for practitioners.

Top Tips of the month for practitioners
Monthly top tips to update practitioners on key areas of speech, language and communication development.

Top Tips of the month for parents
Monthly tips which practitioners can share with parents to encourage activities in the home learning environment to promote communication and language development.

Songs of the month
A monthly song card to share with children and parents: one song is a traditional song and the other is a new song to teach the children and share with parents.

Five Golden Rules for Communication

Five Golden Rules for Communication
Poster/factsheet outlining the five golden rules to support children’s early communication and language development for use by practitioners and parents.

Supporting the Home Learning Environment (use of dummies)

These information sheets help practitioners to share key information with parents to support them in understanding the pros and cons of the use of dummies and how to wean a child off a dummy at home.