Activities for parents
Talk in your family
Think about what languages your baby will hear:
Who is going to spend time with your baby?
Which languages will they speak to your baby?
How often is your baby going to hear each language? Every day, or once in a while?
Where is your baby going to hear each language? In the home or in the community?
Before baby arrives
Imagine using your languages with your baby: which language(s) come most naturally to you if…
Baby is upset
Baby is being difficult
Singing baby to sleep
With your baby
Try these activities in your languages
Playing games
Singing nursery rhymes and lullabies
Reading bed-time stories and books
Watching TV programmes and videos
Joining groups in the neighbourhood (ask your health visitor)
Using technology e.g. record grandparents telling stories and singing in their language