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Safe Sleep for Babies
Signposting you to official guidance Adopting a safer sleep routine with your baby can reduce the risk of a SID (Sudden Infant Death, formerly known as cot death) occurring. For advice and guidance, please follow the links below: The Lullaby Trust NHS – Best Start In Life Essex Child And Family Wellbeing Service Baby Sleep…
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Recycling at Home
Small changes make a world of difference! It is never too early to start good habits in relation to recycling and being kind to our planet. The small changes we make at home now help protect the future for our children, and there are ways to get your child involved too! Small changes will soon…
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Supporting Your Child’s Literacy
Bringing literacy to life at home! Did you know there are 4 ways to support your child’s literacy at home? These are looking at and exploring: The Making it REAL (Raising Early Achievement in Literacy) approach is all about recognising that literacy begins long before school and that families play the most important role. Whether…
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Rock Painting
Bright Rocks, Big Smiles! Looking for a fun, affordable activity that gets your child creative at home and excited about exploring their local community? Painting stones is a fantastic low-cost, no-cost activity that children of all ages can enjoy! Children naturally love collecting interesting stones, pebbles and rocks. Turning these simple natural treasures into colourful…
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Cookie Policy for Talk, Listen, Cuddle Essex
Last updated: 29th July 2026 About cookies The Talk, Listen, Cuddle Essex website uses cookies to make the website work, measure how people use it and improve the services we provide. Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, tablet or mobile device when you visit a website. They cannot be used to identify you personally. How we use…
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Essex Early Years and Childcare Charter
What the Charter means to you as a parent or carer! If your child attends childcare or primary school, the setting may be a Charter member. Their membership supports Essex County Council’s Early Years and Childcare Strategy to ensure every child in Essex gets the best start in life. Since its launch in November 2022,…
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Phonological Awareness
Sounds, syllables and songs! Phonological awareness is being able to hear and distinguish sounds in words and sentences such as rhyme and alliteration. This is an auditory skill; what you can hear, not what you can see and read. Phonological awareness is not the same as ‘phonics’ which is the sound of a letter, for…
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Navigating Change
Change champions! Small children are constantly growing and developing, whilst life around them is continually changing. From taking their first steps, to welcoming a new sibling or starting at school, your child will encounter so many new environments, different people and new experiences. All these come with new language, rules, expectations and emotions. Some children…
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Homemade Pancakes
Perfect pancakes made easy! Cooking pancakes is a great activity to encourage lots of talking with your child! New words you can introduce: What you need: Allergy Disclaimer: Always check the label of each ingredient for allergy warnings What to do: Recipe Source: Delia Smith, BBC Food – Kid’s Pancake Recipes Top tips:
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Screen Time
Smart parenting in a digital world! The first 1,001 days are a critical period for a child’s development. Research shows us that babies and young children achieve the most development when an adult engages with them through playful learning on a regular basis – chatting, playing, and reading. This will help them build strong emotional…
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A Christmas Adventure
Merry and bright delight! The weeks leading up to, and during, Christmas can get very hectic. There is lots you can do with your little one to ensure you have quality time together this season with some magical moments! Top tips: Leading up to Christmas During and after Christmas
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Arts and Crafts
Getting crafty with Stick Man! Creativity plays a crucial part in your child’s learning and development. It contributes to many aspects of learning such as curiosity, imagination, and problem solving. Arts and craft activities are a fun and powerful way to support your child’s speech and language skills. Your child will practise listening, following instructions,…
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Best Start in Life
Giving every child the best start in life! Best Start in Life was launched in September 2025 and is the UK Government’s strategy to ensure that a child’s background does not determine their future success, and that all children develop well by: learning to communicate, building relationships, managing their emotions, playing and learning. This is…
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A Halloween Journey
Spells, stories and scribbles! Did you know there are four strands to supporting your child’s Early Literacy? These are: For young children, Halloween can provide multiple opportunities for learning and development in all of these strands! Top tips: Create a Halloween Story Map to develop your child’s early writing skills: A story map is a…
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Managing Emotions
Feelings and emotions matter! Learning to manage emotions is a really important skill for your child and will help them to build positive relationships with others, adapt their behaviour to different situations, enjoy trying new challenges, and explore learning as they grow. Children learn how to manage big emotions through feeling safe and secure in…