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Their experience working with young children convinced them that it is possible to boost the language and social skills of any child with the right mixture of encouragement, fun and carefully designed activities.
Tracey and Lisa collaborated with a team of early years specialists including fellow speech and language therapists, teachers and educational psychologists to develop a unique set of classes that would support and build on the specific developmental milestones of pre-schoolers.
The first Talking Tots classes were launched in Lytham in 2005 and were so popular that Tracey and Lisa soon realised they had hit upon a winning formula. While there are plenty of pre-school activities for children to learn about music or physical activity, only Talking Tots focuses entirely on building social skills and communication, the most important skills we ever learn!
Research shows that as many as half of all children arrive at school without the skills they need to learn effectively. The Talking Tots programme has been specifically developed to familiarise children with fundamental pre-literacy and communication skills such as verbal expression, attention and listening skills, phonological (sound) awareness and turn-taking.
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