5 a day to support young children’s communication and interaction.
Join my world and play with me
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Check
When you and your child want to spend time together - check you are both able to see, hear and interact free from distractions.
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Play
Try joining your child to play with things they are interested in or encourage them to join in with daily tasks
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Respond
Ways to help - How can you help support your child’s communication?
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Talk
Turn-taking is very important for children to develop shared attention and to communicate with sounds, actions, facial expressions or words.
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Explore
Ideas for activities which can help to support communication and interaction.
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- Chat, Play, Read video (Department for Education campaign)
- Five to Thrive - The five building blocks to build babies brains
- NSPCC Look, Say, Sing, Play - Brain-building tips
- Small Talk - Words for Live (National Literacy Trust)
- Solihull Parents Network - Activities and events taking place in Solihull
- Explore Solihull’s 19 parks and 23 local nature reserves
- 52 activities to try with your child
- Apps to support your child’s language and literacy development
- Early years apps to help families kick start learning at home