BBC Tiny Happy People is a FREE service from BBC Education that provides simple, evidence-based activities, tips & advice and child development content to support parents / carers to develop the speech, language and communication skills of their 0-4 year old children.
Rooted in academic research, BBC Tiny Happy People has a positive, supportive message at its heart: “talk to your little one from pregnancy – we’re here to show you how and why”.
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BBC Tiny Happy People was developed to meet a societal need, which means we are focused on reducing the number of children starting primary school without the expected levels of communication skills. By empowering parents / carers to develop their little ones’ vocabulary in the home learning environment during the early years, we’re working to help children fulfill their potential in school and beyond, and reduce the chances of long-term disadvantage.
BBC Tiny Happy People has been developed in close collaboration with experts in the fields of Speech & Language, Midwifery, Health Visiting and Early Years. All content is quality assured by experts who continue to work with us to ensure that our content is correct and follows best practice. We have strong relationships with The Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists, Institute of Health Visiting, DfE, UNICEF, as well as local authorities, family hubs and NHS trusts across the UK. We also work closely with academics from the University of Sheffield, University of Liverpool, University of Newcastle and University of Manchester.
The BBC Tiny Happy People website links below are free to use and share. There are 3 main sections: • Activity Content: https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people/activities Showing parents how to support their children’s language development with hundreds of fun, simple activities all organised by age. Each section starts with a ‘Tools for Talking’ film & a Speech Lab film that model a key technique universally used to help develop children’s language.
• Tips and Advice: https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people/tips-and-advice From speech and language experts, health care professionals and early years practitioners covering a wide range of general parenting topics.
• Science / Child Development Content: https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people/science-and-facts 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.
We have a dedicated section on the website for the professionals we work with: • Professional Resources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people/topics/c51762ze3y2t Curated films, articles and free resources to download and use with families you work with – you can find this section at the top of the homepage as a tab. Instagram & Facebook @bbctinyhappypeople Contact email tinyhappy.people@bbc.co.uk