Walk and talk
Walk and Talk is a Lancashire campaign to promote the importance of communication and language for our youngest children.
We've provided lots of resources for you as practitioners to share with your parents and get involved as a setting such as:
top tips for communication and language
discussion ideas for different places such as the park, the woods and the shops
discussion prompts for local places that families can visit, provided by local settings
Focussing our attention through Walk and Talk will help children develop those vital skills they require for lifelong learning.
The Lancashire Early Years of Life Strategy emphasises the focus on "closing the word gap and improve child communications outcomes", achieving this through the home learning environment, early education environment and through early identification and intervention. The Walk and Talk campaign would support in achieving the aims of the strategy.
Pledge
Sign up to the walk and talk campaign by downloading and displaying the walk and talk pledge.
Share
Download the Walk and Talk logo for use in your communications around Walk and Talk:
We would love to hear how you support walk and talk in your settings. Whether it is a walk around your outdoor area or in the locality.
Share your ideas and success stories with us on our Facebook Page or private group. Please ensure you have consent to share photographs/videos of children.
If you would like to add to our collection of places to visit, please contact Aisha.Laher@Lancashire.gov.uk.
Activity cards and top tips
These activity cards and top tips are PDF documents. These documents are intended for printing and may not be easy for parents to use on mobile phones. You can find mobile friendly top tips by clicking on and sharing this link with parents: Top tips - walk and talk (Mobile friendly)
Local places to visit
Thank you to all of the settings that have contributed to this collection of places to visit. You can download these below.
If you would like to add to our collection, please contact EarlyYearsCentre@lancashire.gov.uk.