A Waltham Forest Early Years and Childcare funded service to support families around Home Learning!
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26/06/2026
Here is Helpful Hakim to check in with you all to see how you are getting on with our challenges! Are your little ones confident to move in different ways? You could challenge them to move in different ways to collect different items.
23/06/2026
This month we have been looking at preparing and sharing food together and how this can support your child’s development.
Check out this article on fussy eating from the Charity HENRY.
www.henry.org.uk/top-tips/fussy-eating-introducing-new-foods
Our signs to support our challenge this week are WALK, RUN, JUMP. Teach your child the signs it will support their developments. Thank you to Nicola and her daughter for the fantastic video.
It’s Starting School Challenge No 16! Encourage your child to move around in different ways. Challenge them to crawl, hop, walk backwards, roll, bum shuffle, slide like a snake...
Here is the team giving some top tips around our Starting School Challenge. Make sure you give your little ones lots of opportunities to try new things and express likes and dislikes.
19/06/2026
Here is Helpful Hakim to check in with you all to see how you are getting on with our challenges! Are your little ones confident in expressing their likes and dislikes? Try to encourage them to say why they like or don’t like something!
16/06/2026
It’s Child Safety Week 1st-7th June 2026!
Here are some clever safety hacks for your little helper in the kitchen, from Cbeebies, My World Kitchen: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/kitchen-safety-hacks-for-kids
Our sign to support our challenge this week is LIKE. Teach your child the sign for like it may support them in expressing their opinions about things. Thank you to Nicola and her daughter for the fantastic video.
It’s Starting School Challenge No 15! Encourage your child try new things and tell you why they like or dislike them. This will support with their language development and get them ready for making choices at school or in a new setting.
12/06/2026
Happy Friday everybody! Here is Helpful Hakim checking in with this week’s challenge! Make sure you tell your little ones about times you have needed help and get them helping you with everyday tasks telling them why you needed their help with things!