Time to Talk
Time to Talk is a Neighbourhood Renewal Funded programme to support the speech and language development of children aged 0-5 yrs across the six towns of Sandwell. Multistory has designed and developed the creative arts strand of this programme, focusing on the development of children aged 3-5 yrs, to be delivered from February 2007 until March 2008.
The creative arts programme consists of 7 different creative activities to engage children and parents and creative professional development for the early years practitioners. The creative activities have been designed to develop innovative approaches to support the speech and language development of children aged 3-5 years. This programme offers multi-sensory activities to ignite, support and sustain the imagination, discovery and dialogue of children whilst increasing the confidence and skill set of parents/carers in using creative engagement as a means of communication. The activities include storytelling, dance, sound, nursery rhyming, imaginative play and unfinished story making. The sessions for staff will provide a familiar environment in which to discuss and explore the benefits and use of creative activities to support speech and language development and to gain new skills and techniques to use.
Over the next 14 months we will be working with approximately 120 early years setting, providing activities to 10 settings every 4 weeks.
For regular updates on the development and progress of the activities after delivery in a setting download our artist diaries:
Click here to download a pdf of the Time to Talk Programme Guide.
