Language development initiatives

Developing language for life

Language development initiatives

Alongside Talk To Your Baby there are a number of initiatives to support children's early language development. If you're involved in an early language initiative that you'd like to share with others, please contact sarah.cheetham@literacytrust.org.uk.

Please note, whilst we do our best to keep these pages updated, some of these initiatives may no longer exist. However they are still on our webpages as examples of good practice.

Local initiatives

Nursery & school initiatives

Sure Start children's centres

National initiatives

International initiatives

Toddler on the phone. Photo: Sure Start

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- P. Petrie, 1997

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