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If school is closed due to snow, this space will share a small selection of fun, snow-themed activities that families may enjoy together at home.

These ideas are play-based and practical, focusing on talking, exploring and noticing the world around us - just as we do in Nursery.

Families are encouraged to choose anything that feels manageable for them.
Keeping children safe, warm and happy is always our priority.

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Share a winter song together.

Act out snow falling, shivering, stamping feet.

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I'm A Little Snowman | Super Simple Songs | Winter Song For Kids

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TheLearningStation - Kids Songs and Nursery Rhymes

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Penguin Song ♫ Penguin Dance Song ♫ Brain Breaks ♫ Kids Action Songs by The Learning Station

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Snuggle up and enjoy a story together. Talk about what you notice in the pictures.

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Try YouTube Kids · The Snowman Who Loved Summer☃️ | A Magical Winter Story | Bedtime Story for Kids | English · ALRIGHT ALREADY! · Mog’s…

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Count snowballs, buttons or soft toys (up to 5)

Put items into bowls:

Who has more?

Who has fewer?

Fill containers with snow/ice and compare full / empty

No recording needed — just talk.

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Build a real snowman
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Make one from:

socks

paper circles

cushions

junk modelling

Ask:

Which part is biggest?

What comes next?

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Look for footprints in the snow (or make pretend ones)

Compare:

big / small

deep / shallow

Make marks in flour, sand or shaving foam with fingers or toys

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If there is snow:

Scoop snow into bowls or containers

Talk about how it feels: cold, wet, crunchy

Watch it melt indoors and talk about what happens

If there is no snow:

Use ice cubes, flour, rice or cotton wool instead

Still talk about cold, soft, white, melting

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Spread Joy and Peace this holiday season with our Joybob the Polar Bear winter yoga adventure for kids! A perfect kids yoga story for kids aged 3+.

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Have fun learning our rhyme of the week.

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Down At The Station | Train song for toddlers | Toddler Fun Learning

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Family Information Service (FIS)

If you aren't sure what support you and/or your family needs, the Family Information Service is a great starting point. Our knowledgeable and friendly team will listen to you and help you access the services that can support you.
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Child Friendly Warwickshire

Child Friendly Warwickshire celebrates all the positive things happening which make this county the best it can be for children and young people to grow up and learn. Every contribution counts. Find out how you can make a difference.
More about Child Friendly Warwickshire

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Have you tried the 50 Things to Do Before You’re 5 app?

It’s full of simple, low-cost experiences that help children learn through play — from splashing in puddles to spotting shapes in the park!

📲 Download for free

🌿 Try ticking off a few activities each weekend — it’s a wonderful way to build curiosity and confidence through everyday adventures.

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Don’t miss these upcoming low or no cost events in Warwickshire!

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Developing strong hands and fingers helps children get ready for writing.  Here are some simple activities you can try at home - no special equipment needed!

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💪 Rolling, squeezing and pinching playdough builds finger strength.

🧁 Make simple shapes, animals, or letter shapes.

🍋 Try scented playdough — lemon, lavender or cocoa powder for extra fun!

Click below for an easy no-cook playdough recipe:
👉 https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/playdough-recipe

Have fun with 'dough disco' videos available online.

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🧵 Thread pasta onto string or pipe cleaners.

🥣 Use tweezers or tongs to pick up pom-poms, peas, or beads — race to fill a bowl!

🎯 Aim to use thumb and finger like a pincer (this helps with pencil grip later).

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🙌 Try finger rhymes like Tommy Thumb or Open, Shut Them.

🎈 Use pegs to clip around a paper plate or card.

🧩 Build Lego towers or use pegboards to strengthen fingers.

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✏️ Encourage drawing with chalk outside, or in trays of salt or flour.

🎨 Use cotton buds or sticks to make marks with paint or water.

🪶 Write with different tools – feathers, paintbrushes, sticks, even cars through paint!

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✂️ Cut along simple lines, around shapes, or snip playdough snakes.

📰 Cut pictures from magazines and make a collage.

Always remind children: “Thumbs on top!”

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NHS England - Children's Oral Health Programme

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This elearning programme provides information and advice about children's oral health. It is aimed at parents, expectant mothers, early years healthcare workers, teachers, nurses, GPs and the public.

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About the Children's Oral Health programme

This elearning programme provides information and advice about children's oral health. It is aimed at parents, expectant mothers, early years healthcare workers, teachers, nurses, GPs and the public.

Oral health is an important part of every child's wellbeing. It impacts on the ability for children to eat and sleep, to socialise with confidence and to concentrate at school. However, many children experience problems with their oral health. Tooth decay affects around a quarter of five-year olds in England and it is also the leading cause of hospital admissions for five to nine-year-olds by some distance. Many children who go to hospital because of tooth decay need to have teeth removed under general anaesthetic. This is despite the fact that tooth decay is almost entirely preventable.

This programme will help you to support the children you care for to maintain good oral health. It covers the main causes of tooth decay and simple actions that can be taken to prevent the problem. It also explains when a child's primary (baby) and adult (permanent) teeth start to appear, and what you should do if a tooth is knocked out. By the end of the session users will have developed their knowledge of oral health and be more confident in providing children's oral health advice.

The programme consists of one elearning session that will take about 20 minutes to complete. As you work through the session you will be asked a number of self-assessment questions which enable you to check your understanding of the key points.

Further elearning sessions will be added in 2019 to support the understanding of children's oral health advice for the health and social care workforce.

Meet the team

Nigel Hunt

Chairman of Division of Craniofacial and Developmental Sciences, Head of Unit of Orthodontics, Eastman Dental Hospital, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust

Asma Keshtgar

Specialty Trainee, Eastman Dental Hospital, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust

Fatima Bulbulia

Head of Education, Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England

Neha Baj

Content Development Lead, HEE elearning for healthcare

Simon Blackmore

Learning Designer, HEE elearning for healthcare

How to access

Available to all

The Children's Oral Health programme is freely available to access here.
Please note your progress and completion of sessions will not be recorded and you will not be able to generate a record of completion. If you require evidence of learning, please register and then log in to access this programme on the elfh Hub.

If you already have an account with elfh, then you can enrol on to the Children's Oral Healthprogramme by logging in to the elfh Hub, selecting My Account > Enrolment and selecting the programme. You can then access the programme immediately in the My elearning section.
Register >
To view the Children's Oral Health programme, select the View button below. If you already have an account with elfh, you will also be able to login and enrol on the programme from the View button.
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Registering large numbers of users

If you are a HR, IT or Practice Manager and would like to register and enrol large numbers of staff within your organisation for access onto the Children's Oral Healthprogramme, please contact elfh directly.

Organisations wishing to use their own LMS

For HR departments wanting to know more about gaining access to courses using an existing Learning Management System please contact elfh directly to express interest.

More information

Please select the following link for more information on how to use the elfh Hub.

GDC Enhanced CPD

In 2018, the General Dental Council (GDC) introduced the Enhanced CPD Scheme for dentists and dental care professionals. The Children's Oral Health session can be counted as verifiable CPD for the Enhanced CPD scheme.

Once you have completed the session, you must first generate a course completion certificate from the HEE elfh Hub. Then complete the Enhanced CPD form, making reference to the course completion certificate. Both the completed Enhanced CPD form and the accompanying HEE elfh Hub course completion certificate should be kept as evidence in your records to demonstrate you have completed verifiable CPD, should the GDC request it.

You can download the Enhanced CPD form below.
Enhanced CPD form >

elfh is a Health Education England programme in partnership with the NHS and professional bodies

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By 2050 there are expected to be two billion people aged 60 years or older. This is more than double today's figure. The older you are, the more likely you are to have lost all, or nearly all, your natural teeth.

Research shows that around the world there are almost no guidelines on the proper use of denture adhesives by people who wear full dentures .

This means denture wearers can be left without any guidance on how best to use denture adhesives. Also, the advice on the type of adhesive to use, how to apply it, how much to use, how often to use it and how to remove it varies tremendously. Misusing or overusing adhesive may have consequences - but making the best use of it can improve quality of life, quality of diet and overall wellbeing for full-denture wearers.

Therefore, we have developed guidelines to guide dental health care professionals, caregivers and patients on the optimal use of denture adhesive creams. These are supported by best evidence and based on consensus from key international experts.

Key findings

The panel explored a number of issues about denture adhesives. Here are some of the conclusions:

Patient satisfaction has become a decisive factor for the overall success of prosthodontic treatment in full-denture wearers.

Denture adhesives can enhance the retention of, and reduce food accumulation beneath, well-fitting complete dentures.

Denture adhesives can be beneficial to the patient. They may enhance comfort, provide psychological satisfaction, increase confidence and thus wellbeing, while increasing retention and stability, and improving function.

The effectiveness of denture adhesives cannot compensate for significant denture deficiencies.

Dental professionals should provide guidance and instructions to the patient on the correct application and use of the adhesive, and on removing it and cleaning the denture.

The optimum time to advise on the use of an adhesive varies between patients. For well-fitting dentures it might occur at a review appointment, or for patients finding problems with compliance at the time of fitting or soon after.

Funding for the development of these guidelines was provided by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare to the Oral Health Foundation. No editorial control, apart from ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory considerations/requirements, has been exercised by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare.

Summary of guidelines

The guidelines are supported by best evidence and based on consensus from key international experts.

Four key steps to optimal denture care, summarised in the below and available in full here, were concluded:

1. Make sure your denture is clean and dry. Put a small amount of denture adhesive cream onto it (you should only need to do this once a day).

2. Put the denture into your mouth and firmly close the mouth for a couple of seconds. If the adhesive cream overflows you have used too much. Remove any spare adhesive, don't swallow it. Don't eat or drink anything for 5 minutes.

3. Before you sleep, take your denture out. Clean the denture and the inside of your mouth thoroughly to remove any adhesive.

4. Ask your dentist for a regular appointment so they can check your mouth and dentures.

Resources

Useful information

Acknowledgements

Funding for the development of these guidelines was provided by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare to the Oral Health Foundation. No editorial control, apart from ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory considerations/requirements, has been exercised by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare.

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Explore, access and use some of our campaign information, school and children’s resources, facts sheets and information to help promote good oral health.

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Guidance to your child's learning and development in the early years foundation stage

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Tiny Happy People is here to help you develop your child's language skills. Explore our simple activities and play ideas and find out about babies and toddlers' amazing early development.

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Talking together is one of the best ways to support your child’s learning and wellbeing. This NHS page shares simple ways to turn everyday moments into learning conversations.

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Help your child learn new words and build conversations by chatting about your day and talking together—they’re growing their language skills with every sentence!

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Look, Say, Sing, Play is a set of resources which encourage interaction between parents and their babies.

Parents and carers interact with their babies all the time without always realising how those interactions shape the way their baby's brain develops.

Improving interaction and encouraging parents to be more sensitive to their baby's cues helps parents identify and respond to their needs.

It also improves attunement and sensitivity of parents from an early stage, setting up positive behaviour as their child grows.

Improving interaction between parents and babies

These brain-building resources are based on the work of Vroom, a US public health initiative that uses the science of early learning to help parents improve back-and-forth interactions with their children.

Serve and return interactions - when a parent responds positively to their child by speaking, gesturing or touching - help shape brain architecture by building and strengthening the neural connections that babies need to develop communication and social skills.

This set of resources will help you to provide parents with brain-building tips that they can easily incorporate into their everyday routine and boost their child's development.

Evaluating Look, Say, Sing, Play

The Institute of Health Visiting and the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University are working with the NSPCC to evaluate Look, Say, Sing, Play. We hope that the evaluation will help us learn more about how to successfully implement the behaviour change campaign, the potential benefits for babies and parents and carers, and how to encourage even more positive behaviours. The evaluation is due to be published in 2022.

Download the resources

Look, Say, Sing, Play leaflet

This leaflet gives parents a handy introduction to brain-building tips for their child from birth, up until the age of 2. It helps them understand how they can bring more interaction in to their daily routine, and gives them an introduction to the science behind the campaign.
> Download the Look, Say, Sing, Play leaflet (PDF)
Look, Say, Sing, Play posters

A series of four posters to display where parents will see them. Each design give a different brain-building tip on how to interact with their baby and encourages parents to sign up for weekly tips via email.
> Download the set of four Look, Say, Sing, Play posters (PDF)
You can also download the posters individually:

Look, Say, Sing, Play activity posters

Ten activity posters outlining a range of different age-appropriate tips which parents can try with their child. These can be displayed and used around children's centres where Look, Say, Sing, Play sessions are running or by parents independently.
> Download blowfish activity poster (PDF) > Download colour hunt activity poster (PDF) > Download copy cat activity poster (PDF) > Download follow the face activity poster (PDF) > Download fun with fingers activity poster (PDF) > Download saw the sign activity poster (PDF) > Download sharing the story activity poster (PDF) > Download sing-song voice activity poster (PDF) > Download space explorer activity poster (PDF) > Download vroom, vroom activity poster (PDF)
Look, Say, Sing, Play session plans

There are three different session plans. The first is a guide to running a standalone session, the second is a guide to running a virtual session, and the third is a shorter version with ideas of how to incorporate Look, Say, Sing, Play messages into an existing group or activity.

We have also provided an information sheet for practitioners, containing key information that is helpful to know before delivering a Look, Say, Sing, Play session.
> Download the standalone Look, Say, Sing, Play session plan (PDF) > Download the virtual Look, Say, Sing, Play session plan (PDF) > Download the guide to including Look, Say, Sing, Play into an existing group (PDF) > Download the information for practitioners (PDF)
Look, Say, Sing, Play display pack

Easy-to-use display materials to share Look, Say, Sing, Play tips and activities with parents.
> Download the Look, Say, Sing, Play display pack (PDF)
Look, Say, Sing, Play activity sheets

Four activity sheets outlining a range of different age-appropriate tips which parents can try with their child. These can be used within a session which is outlined in the plans above or by parents independently.
> Download the set of four Look, Say, Sing, Play activity sheets (PDF)
Look, Say, Sing, Play flashcards

Two A4 sheets to be printed double-sided and cut into 17 flashcards. Each card gives an everyday activity parents can try with their child. The flip-side of each card explains 'the science bit' - how the activity helps their child's development.
> Download the Look, Say, Sing, Play flashcards (PDF)
Download resources in other languages

Some of our Look, Say, Sing, Play resources are also available in Welsh, Polish and Somali.
Welsh > Download the Look, Say, Sing, Play leaflet - Welsh (PDF) > Download the set of four Look, Say, Sing, Play posters - Welsh (PDF) > Download the Look, Say, Sing, Play flashcards - Welsh (PDF) > Download the plan for incorporating Look, Say, Sing, Play into a session - Welsh (PDF) > Download the Look, Say, Sing, Play standalone session plan - Welsh (PDF) > Download the Look, Say, Sing, Play activity sheets - Bilingual (PDF) Polish > Download the Look, Say, Sing, Play leaflet - Polish (PDF) > Download the set of four Look, Say, Sing, Play posters - Polish (PDF) Somali > Download the Look, Say, Sing, Play leaflet - Somali (PDF) > Download the set of four Look, Say, Sing, Play posters - Somali (PDF)
The research behind the Look Say Sing Play resources

Our briefing outlines the insights behind Look, Say, Sing, Play - giving an overview of the evidence which underpins the campaign and the research project which the NSPCC has commissioned.
> Download the Look, Say, Sing, Play briefing document (PDF)
How we're working with communities across the UK to develop the resources

We've been working with communities across the UK to develop these resources and activities for their local areas. This involves running workshops, not just for professionals, but for parents too.
> Get in touch with us about running a local campaign in your community

Talk with Me

For more free tips and expert advice on how you can help your child learn to talk, visit Talk with Me - the Welsh government's campaign on speech, language and communication for children aged 0 to 5 years.
> Visit Talk with Me

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Can your child name the objects in these images? What is their starting sound?

Hunt around the house for other objects that have the same starting sound.

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Our focused story this half term is We're Going on a Bear Hunt.

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Our focused story this half term is We're Going on a Bear Hunt.

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Learning to Count up to 15 with Teddy Numbers Interactive Maths Game

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A fun learning to count maths game for early years children by Topmarks. Count out treats to give to teddy.