TINYTALK IN CHILDCARE

Tinytalk is ideally suited to any early childhood development program. It is a practical tool that enables babies and toddlers to express their needs and wants to carers, and its use in an early childhood setting can have an incredibly calming affect on group behaviour. Babies who can express their needs are understandably less frustrated, and less frustration means fewer tears and tantrums!

We are progressively introducing Tinytalk to child care centres across Australia, and if you are interested in encouraging your child's centre to introduce it sooner rather than later, please contact us.

Even if your child care centre has not introduced Tinytalk, we encourage you to inform the centre that you practice it at home and to explain the signs you and your child regularly use.

Hutchinson's Early Learning Centre Keebra Park
29 Coolibah Street, Southport, Qld 4215

We have been trailing Tinytalk-baby sign language here at Hutchison's Early Learning Centre Keebra Park for the past 3 months in our Nursery room and have just begun trailing Tinytalk in our Toddler room. We have found the babies to be responding positively to the program. They are communicating to our carers when they are hungry, tired, thirsty, sick and many other needs, reducing frustration and tears and assisting carers to understand the children’s wants and feelings.

The carers find the signs easy to incorporate into the everyday routine and have found that there are amazing benefits to using Tinytalk. Parents and guardians at our centre have also given positive feedback and are very keen to begin Tinytalk at home.

Contact: Sally Metcalfe (Director)

Phone: 07 5571 1305
Email:keebrapark@hccs.com.au
Web:www.hccs.com.au

Click here for details of childcare centres that have already introduced the Tinytalk program. (Please check back regularly as we will update the site with details of other centres.)