Further support for parents

How to teach your baby to talk

Ask the experts: Top tips for reading with your bump and baby

Chatting to your baby

Talk to your child in the language you know best

Book lists for children and young people

Make reading fun with Chase Bank

Using hobbies to help your child read

Reading with your child

Why is play important for my child?

Getting outside together

How can I help my child learn at home?

Top five quick and fun activities for children around the house

How to get your child ready to start school

Download our Everyone Ready for School booklet. It's full of simple and fun ways to build your child's communication skills ready for starting school.

Starting school or nursery countdown

Practising phonics at home

Make a sign for your child's bedroom door

Communicating with your visually impaired child

Talking to young children about blindness

Communicating if your baby is deaf