Talk To Your Baby(TTYB) is happy to provide comment on
a range of topics relating to early years communication
and language development. Following are some of the topics
on which we have provided comment and generated discussion.
Buggies: TTYB believes that
there should be more pusher-facing buggies created, at affordable
prices, as they encourage communication and interaction
between the child and pusher. There were over 1,000 respondents
to our online survey on the topic. TTYB's buggy campaign
aims to encourage manufacturers and retailers to produce
and promote affordable pusher-facing buggies.
Find
out more about the buggy campaign
Children's language development:
The first three years of a child's life are crucial
for language development, as this is when the majority of
brain development takes place. TTYB provides a central source
of information and resources to help parents and practitioners
to make the most of this window of opportunity.
View
our downloadable resources
Early years communications: This
broad heading encompasses a range of related areas, from
gesturing and signing to bilingualism, bonding and listening.
If we cannot provide a comment, we can often point media
contacts in the right direction.
Click
here for a list of issues relating to early years communication.
Parent and child interaction: TTYB
aims to encourage parents and carers to talk more to children
from birth to three and continues to explore the reasons
why there are so many concerns about children's poor communication
skills today. Talking and listening to young children helps
them to develop good language and communication skills,
as well as helping to build a bond between adult and child.
Television: TTYB and the
National Literacy Trust produced a research review and organised
a conference in 2004 called
How
can television contribute to children's language development?
Accepting that TV is here to stay, it explored the potential
for television to contribute to children's language development.
TTYB continues to offer practical advice on how to use television
in a constructive way.
View our TV
pages
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