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Exploring Books
Little readers, big adventures! Explore books with your baby or child every day if you can; this is a special time where you can have have a shared moment of interest. Babies love hearing you read even if they don’t understand the story! Children often enjoy hearing the same book over and over again; this…
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Speaking in Sentences
Chatter matters! Once your child has developed a large enough vocabulary, they might begin to put several words together to form a sentence! Early attempts might not be grammatically accurate, but it is important we encourage their efforts by gently modelling correct sentence construction. Top tips:
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Time to Rhyme
Research shows that children who know 8 nursery rhymes by heart at age 4, are likely to be more confident at spelling and reading by age 8! Singing and listening to nursery rhymes are both really important to help your child’s development. Nursery rhymes were invented to help people remember chunks of language and that’s exactly what…
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Homemade Brownies
Making sweet memories! Baking with your child is a great source of learning and development. It does not have to be a complicated recipe – in fact, the simple ones are the best because it is about the process, not necessarily the outcome! Baking can help to develop: Why not try making this recipe for…
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Home-Start Colchester, Jaywick and Clacton
Home-Start is a family support service. About Home-Start Colchester, Jaywick and Clacton Starting in the home, the Home-Start approach is as individual as the people we’re helping. No judgement, it is just compassionate, confidential help and expert support. Across the North East Essex quadrant there are two independent Home-Start charities both rooted into the local communities…
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Home-Start Harwich
Home-Start is a family support service. About Home-Start Harwich Starting in the home, the Home-Start approach is as individual as the people we’re helping. No judgement, it is just compassionate, confidential help and expert support. Across the North-East Essex quadrant there are two independent Home-Start charities both rooted into the local communities they service. Home-Start Harwich…
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Home-Start Essex
Home-Start is a family support service. About Home-Start Essex Home-Start Essex aims to give children the best possible start in life by supporting parents and caregivers to feel less isolated, to build their confidence in themselves and their parenting and to find ways to manage the challenges they face. We build trusting, helpful relationships with…
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Active Essex ‘Move With Us’ Campaign
Let’s get moving! The #MoveWithUs campaign is here to change things for our young people. By supporting them in their endeavours to find an activity that’s right for them, and one they enjoy, you’ll be more likely to continue this changed behaviour and lead an active and healthy life! Be a part of something, and…
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Essex ActivAte Holiday Programme
Fun filled holidays! Funded by Department for Education and Essex County Council, Essex ActivAte is the name for the Holiday Activity and Food programme (HAF) run by Active Essex across Essex and Thurrock. The programme offers engaging holiday clubs and free activities run by local club providers, and free spaces are offered to children and…
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Active Essex
Who are Active Essex? Active Essex is the Physical Activity and Sport Partnership for Essex. We work collaboratively with local partners to ensure the power of physical activity and sport can transform lives! Our vision is to create an active Essex to improve everyone’s health and wellbeing by working together across systems to make physical…
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Read and Count With Me By the Sea
We planned something exciting during the Essex Year of Numbers! In Summer 2024, we worked in partnership with Essex Libraries, Active Essex, Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service and Home-Start Harwich to bring you ‘Read and Count With Me By the Sea’ borrow bags. The bags included sea themed story books and a beach themed…
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Dummies
Everything you need to know! Whether you call them dummies, soothers or pacifiers, there is lots of information available about how they can negatively impact a child’s development. We want to share some of this information to help you make an informed decision about how your child uses a dummy, and how to avoid later…
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Art in the Outside Environment
Out and about art! Nature has the very best materials for creating art! There are so many benefits to getting out in the fresh air with your child and searching for things to make an outdoor picture with. Your masterpiece can be big or small, an individual creation or a group activity. You can find all…
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Puzzle Play
Piece by piece! There’s lots of ways you can use this classic toy – in particular an inset puzzle – to build your child’ speech, language and communication skills! Puzzles also help to develop: Top tips:
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Bubble Play
The magic of bubbles! You don’t need to understand the science behind it to have fun marvelling at the sizes, colours and movement together! Top tips: