BBC Tiny Happy People Champion Training Dates (January 2024)
This training is free, available to anyone working with children in the early years. 1 hour session. Online.
Join the Tiny Happy People (THP) for an introduction to BBC Tiny Happy People – this free, virtual, one hour session will reveal everything you need to know about Tiny Happy People to feel confident recommending this service to families that you work with.
They will explain the THP approach, show you content on the website and highlight those key language techniques and resources that are available for you to share with families and colleagues. THP champion training is accessible and relevant for everyone - from childminders to locality service leads.
The BBC Tiny Happy initiative aim to reduce the number of children starting primary school without the expected levels of communication skills by supporting parents to help develop their little ones’ vocabulary in the home learning environment.
Based on extensive academic research, Tiny Happy People has a simple message at its heart - ‘talk to your little one from pregnancy - we can show you how and why’.
The BBC Tiny Happy People website links below are free to use and share:
• Activity Content showing parents how to support their children’s language development with hundreds of fun simple activities, all organised by age.
• Tips and Advice from speech and language experts, health care professionals and early years practitioners covering a wide range of parenting topics.
• Science / Child Development Content showing parents why supporting language learning is important. It is all about children’s amazing brain development and how they understand the world around them.
• Professional Resources curated films, articles and resources to download and use with families you work with.
Book here
Date Picker Form - BBC Tiny Happy People Champion Training
Date and times:
1: Wednesday 17th January 2024 - 15:30-16:30
2: Monday 22nd January 2024 - 15:30-16:30
3: Monday 22nd January 2024 - 18:00-19:00
4: Thursday 25th January 2024 - 15:30-16:30
Please feel free to forward this information to any colleagues you believe may be interested in this training, due to GDPR rules, each person will need to apply for dates individually, but will be able to do so using the link above.