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Nature Play
Wild and wonderful! Young children love to be outdoors and they usually head to a garden, playground, or park. These places are well-kept, with trimmed grass, cleared weeds, and tidy equipment. These spaces are great for children to play, run around, take risks, and develop their senses. But ‘outdoor play’ isn’t always the same as…
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Talk, Listen, Cuddle Height Chart
The height chart with a difference! Children love learning about how they have changed and how much they have grown, and we all know that children change and grow very quickly! Celebrating this with your child feels really special. We have created a Height Chart so you can share the changes with your child. You…
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Park Play
Swing, skip, slide! Parks and playgrounds help your child’s development in so many ways, and sharing the experience alongside your child is a perfect opportunity to build their confidence and vocabulary! Benefits: Top tips:
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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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Childcare Funding
Childcare funding and support available in Essex Funded Early Education Entitlement (FEEE) FEEE is for eligible working families from the term after a child turns 9-months-old until statutory school age. The number of FEEE hours that working families are eligible for depends on the age of their child and their circumstances. Currently, eligible working parents/carers…
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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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Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service
The focus of this service is making sure that everyone in Essex has the best possible start in life through meeting the identified needs of children, young people and families. The Healthy Family Team offer routine contacts to ALL families living in Essex within the first 3 years. These are as follows: These visits will…
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50 Things to Do Before You’re 5
The ultimate checklist with ‘low cost no cost’ ideas! Playing together is one of the most important things you can do with your child to help their learning. The time you spend playing together will help them learn all sorts of things – from counting and writing, to exploring and making new friends! Here are…
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Exploratory Play
Collect, discover, explore! Play is important for language development and imaginative thinking. As children play they explore the world, and begin to understand more about how things around them work. Exploratory play is the first stage in play where your child will explore objects around them using their senses – hearing, sight, smell, taste and…