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Tiny Happy People is a 鶹Լ website full of advice health visitors and family nurses can share with parents and colleagues on a range of early years care concerns. We cover everything from bonding with babies and toddlers, to speech and language development, to play ideas, as well as offering practical help with parents' routines including changing nappies, bedtimes, feeding, weaning and potty training.

Across the Tiny Happy People site, you'll find videos modelling best practice that you can show to parents and families on visits. These are all evidence-based and have been quality-checked by panels of professionals including health visitors, midwives and speech and language therapists.

We also offer parents knowledge of how simple play and chat benefits babies and toddlers' development.

Health visitor talking about Tiny Happy People.

Below you'll find a suggested selection of resources you might find useful to share with families at various contact points, as well as some sections that you might find useful around SEND and speech delays, bilingual families and parents' behavioural concerns.

Just click the visit title in the menu to jump to the right resources for you.

As well as the below website resources, you may want to recommend our accessible, warm and welcoming and channels to parents you work with - just suggest they follow @bbctinyhappypeople.

Health visitor in Scotland? Click here

A collection of resources tailored to health visits in Scotland.

Health visitor in Scotland? Click here

Antenatal visit

Pregnancy. collection

Here you will find content on a range of concerns that expectant parents may have during pregnancy, as well as ideas for bonding with bump and information on its importance.

Pregnancy

Parent Wellbeing. collection

Parents may need emotional support in the run-up to their child's birth, so you might like to share our wellbeing advice for new mums and dads.

Parent Wellbeing

Babies' early brain development. video

Two films and an article all about how babies' brains develop, even before birth.

Babies' early brain development

New birth visit

Newborn advice. collection

A collection of films and articles full of advice on looking after a newborn and giving them the best start in their development.

Newborn advice

Feeding advice. collection

All about feeding, including babies' feeding cues, choosing how to feed and ways of coping with night feeds.

Feeding advice

Reasons babies cry

A list of common reasons babies cry and ways to respond to them.

Reasons babies cry

How to change a nappy and make it fun

A guide to changing nappies and making it a fun, comfortable experience for babies.

How to change a nappy and make it fun

How touch is important to newborns. video

A video explaining to parents how their touch is important for bonding with newborns.

How touch is important to newborns

How far newborn babies can focus. video

A video experiment showing parents the importance of close face-to-face eye contact with their newborn.

How far newborn babies can focus

5 ways babies communicate from day one

5 different visual communication cues babies give - ideal for sharing with new parents so they can look out for them with their own baby.

5 ways babies communicate from day one

6-8 week contact

Activities for families to try

What's catching baby's eye? video

A film showing parents how to talk about the things that grab babies' attention.

What's catching baby's eye?

Talking through the day. video

A video showing how parents can build in chat with a newborn throughout their day.

Talking through the day

Having a wiggle with baby. video

A video showing parents how they can talk their baby through simple exercises.

Having a wiggle with baby

Parent-child bonding

25 easy ways to bond with babies

25 small, everyday activities parents can do to strengthen bonds with their baby, including links to video demonstrations.

25 easy ways to bond with babies

What is tummy time? video

A video and article explaining to parents what tummy time is, what it's good for and some ideas of how they can make the most of it with their baby.

What is tummy time?

What is baby massage?

An article explaining the benefits of baby massage.

What is baby massage?

How to cope with constant crying

Tips from ICON on how parents can cope when their baby won't stop crying - ideal for reassuring new parents who are concerned about crying.

How to cope with constant crying

Printable leaflet

A leaflet to take with you for the 6-8 week check. Includes QR codes to scan and take parents to films on the THP website.

6-8 week check leaflet

3 month contact

Activities for families to try

Ready, steady, go games. video

Easy ideas for anticipation games to boost babies' listening skills.

Ready, steady, go games

Exercise time with baby. video

A film showing parents how they can help chat their children through simple muscle-strengthening exercises.

Exercise time with baby

Singing rhymes all the time. video

A film showing how parents can sing to children in all sorts of situations.

Singing rhymes all the time

Language development

Serve and return play with babies. video

Our Tools for Talking film for this age range explains how it's important for parents to give babies space to respond when they chat and play with them.

Serve and return play with babies

Routine advice

Advice on routines. collection

Our routines advice section has collections of videos and articles to share with parents on everything from feeding to sleep and mealtimes.

Advice on routines

Mealtime advice and recipes. collection

If you see parents before they begin weaning at 6 months, you might like to share with them our advice and recipes for weaning.

Mealtime advice and recipes

Sleep advice. collection

Parents may have questions about sleep and sleep routines for their baby - find our films and articles on sleep here.

Sleep advice

Weaning baby off the dummy. video

This film helps explain to parents how they can try and wean babies off the dummy to help with their ability to speak.

Weaning baby off the dummy

1 year review

Activities for families to try

Pointing at and naming things. video

A film showing parents simple ways to follow their baby's attention and comment on the things they're interested in.

Pointing at and naming things

Chatting at bath time. video

It can be easy to build chatting and learning into routines like bath time.

Chatting at bath time

Ears, eyes, head, nose - naming facial features. video

A film showing parents how they can teach children about their faces through touching and talking.

Ears, eyes, head, nose - naming facial features

Language development

Why tune into babies' interests? video

Our Tools for Talking film explains how tuning into babies' interests can help them to learn their first words.

Why tune into babies' interests?

Why is shared attention so important? video

Meanwhile, our Speech Lab film for this age group helps show parents why shared attention with baby helps them to engage in words and play.

Why is shared attention so important?

How do babies come to say their first words? video

This video and article explains to parents how babies come to say their first words and how they can help their baby to get there.

How do babies come to say their first words?

Children's development

Information on toddler development. collection

Our toddler development section contains all sorts of films and articles on how children develop between the ages of 1 and 3, which might be useful for sharing with parents at this stage.

Information on toddler development

How toddlers use pointing as a tool for learning. video

An animation explaining how toddlers use pointing as a way to get adults to pay attention to the things they're interested in.

How toddlers use pointing as a tool for learning

Why we sing nursery rhymes to kids. video

This film and article explain to parents the benefits of singing rhymes over and over again to toddlers.

Why we sing nursery rhymes to kids

Parental wellbeing

Parent Wellbeing. collection

You may be checking in with parents about their wellbeing at this review - you may like to share with them the content in our Parent Wellbeing section, which includes advice for both mums and dads.

Parent Wellbeing

Busting the myth of perfect parenting

Sarah Ockwell-Smith explains how there's no such thing as a perfect parent and why parents shouldn't compare themselves to others.

Busting the myth of perfect parenting

Children's emotional development

Advice on children's emotional development. collection

Our emotional development section has films with simple advice for parents on a range of concerns - could be used as part of an intervention if these are raised by parents.

Advice on children's emotional development

Establishing a bedtime routine. video

An animation with tips on establishing a bedtime routine with toddlers.

Establishing a bedtime routine

2 year review

How to be a super communicator. collection

Films supporting the Early Language Identification Measure and Intervention (ELIM-I) introduced for the 2-2 1/2 year review in England - learn techniques to be a super communicator with your child.

How to be a super communicator

The importance of play

All about play. collection

Articles all about different types of play. Perfect for helping to explain the benefits of different types of play to parents.

All about play

Why taking risks is good for children to learn

Early years professional Gaynor Rice explains why children learn through challenging themselves and taking risks during play.

Why taking risks is good for children to learn

How toddlers learn about the world through play. video

An animation explaining how play is crucial to toddlers' learning about cause and effect, shapes and colours.

How toddlers learn about the world through play

Language development

How to help toddlers to build sentences. video

Our Tools for Talking film explains how parents can help children build their words into longer sentences by repeating them back and adding to them.

How to help toddlers to build sentences

How to help toddlers to say words properly. video

Our Speech Lab film explains the technique of recasting - repeating words back to children correctly and clearly, without explicitly correcting them.

How to help toddlers to say words properly

Why toddlers like to hear the same stories over and over. video

This short animation explains why toddlers hearing the same story repeatedly is good for their language learning.

Why toddlers like to hear the same stories over and over

Activities for families to try

Superhero role play. video

A simple role play game to get children's imaginations flowing.

Superhero role play

鶹Լmade skittles. video

A cheap and easy throwing game to get children practising taking turns - a key skill for conversation.

鶹Լmade skittles

Getting ready to go out. video

A film to show parents how routines like getting dressed to go out can be a chance for children to learn how to follow simple instructions.

Getting ready to go out

Routine advice

Advice on routines. collection

Our routines advice section has collections of videos and articles to share with parents on everything from feeding to sleep and mealtimes.

Advice on routines

Potty training - parents' questions answered

The experts at children's bowel and bladder charity, ERIC, answer common questions parents have about potty training.

Potty training - parents' questions answered

Tips for a calmer bedtime routine

Vicki Dawson from The Sleep Charity helps explain some simple ways to establish a good bedtime routine with kids.

Tips for a calmer bedtime routine

Mealtime advice and recipes. collection

A collection of ideas for interaction around mealtimes as well as family-friendly recipe ideas.

Mealtime advice and recipes

Pre-school review

School readiness

What does 'school readiness' mean and how can parents help their child?

When it comes to the pre-school review, you may want to share with parents our tips on getting children school-ready, from Helen Stroudley, Early Years Consultant at Peeple.

What does 'school readiness' mean and how can parents help their child?

Activities for families to try

Talking about the past. video

A film showing parents simple ways to get children to think and talk about things that have happened - useful preparation for when children start school.

Talking about the past

Planning adventures with Teddy. video

Planning adventures with a teddy is a great way for parents to get their child practising using the future tense and talking about what they would like to do in the near future.

Planning adventures with Teddy

Exploring feelings through dance and play. video

A film showing parents how dance and play can teach their child about expressing their feelings.

Exploring feelings through dance and play

Language development

Getting children talking about the past and future. video

A film explaining to parents how easy it can be to build talk about the past and future into their daily routines with their children.

Getting children talking about the past and future

Why children ask so many 'why?' questions and how to respond. video

An animation and article explaining to parents why children ask so many questions and the best way to answer them.

Why children ask so many 'why?' questions and how to respond

Children with SEND or potential speech issues

SEND and Speech and Language. collection

Our SEND section is full of articles and video case studies you may refer parents to if their child has a condition that affects their speech abilities.

SEND and Speech and Language

Speech and language development questions answered

Speech and Language Therapists' answers to parents' most common language development questions - could be useful for answering any queries you have from parents.

Speech and language development questions answered

Speech Delay - parents' questions answered

Common questions about speech delay answered by speech and language therapists.

Speech Delay - parents' questions answered

Working with bilingual families

Bilingual. collection

Our bilingual advice collection that you might like to share with parents that speak more than one language.

Bilingual

Questions on bilingualism answered

Speech and Language Therapist Monal Gajjar answers common questions on speaking multiple languages at home - ideal for answering parents' concerns.

Questions on bilingualism answered

10 multilingual games for toddlers

10 games you could suggest to bilingual families to support their children's learning of both languages.

10 multilingual games for toddlers

Behavioural concerns and emotional development

Advice on children's emotional development. collection

Our emotional development section has films with simple advice for parents on a range of concerns - could be used as part of an intervention if these are raised by parents.

Advice on children's emotional development

Dealing with defiance. video

Animation explaining why children lash out and some simple steps for parents to deal with it.

Dealing with defiance

Dealing with toddler tantrums. video

An animation explaining why tantrums often occur with toddlers and simple steps to help deal with them.

Dealing with toddler tantrums

Dealing with separation anxiety. video

An animation explaining what separation anxiety is and some tips for parents to deal with it.

Dealing with separation anxiety

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