Information on what to expect, activities to try and some videos of parents talking about their experiences and demonstrating strategies and games:

Children’s language development and parenting advice

• learning to talk 2 to 3 years Start for Life
• Tips for talking to your baby and young child | National Literacy Trust
• Better Health Start for Life – Ten videos providing ideas for interaction with your child anytime, anywhere, at home or out and about.

Watch a number of videos on Learning to Talk from Speech and Language UK

Introducing a range of Chatter Matters from Speech and Language UK

Information and resources to support parents

• Resources for parents (speechandlanguage.org.uk)
• early_voices_parent_leaflet.pdf (speechandlanguage.org.uk)

Information about the development of speech, language and communication – what to expect:

• Ages and stages (speechandlanguage.org.uk)
• Universally Speaking birth-5yrs
• Child’s progress checker (speechandlanguage.org.uk)