Better Beginnings

Use nappy change time to share a rhyme or three. Singing and rhyming during everyday routines turns them into moments of laughter, learning and bonding. Try Round and Round the Garden.
What's your favourite rhyme?

Talk about the things you might see in the sky, during the day and at night.

What's your child’s favourite colour? How many books can they find with that colour on the cover at the library or at home? Spotting details on book covers helps sharpen attention to visual cues while making reading fun.

Five fat peas in a pea pod pressed. (hold hand in a fist)
One grew, two grew, so did all the rest. (put fingers up one by one)
They grew and grew and did not stop. (raise hand in the air very slowly)
Until one day, the pod went pop! (clap hands together)