Morning all ECC parents,

Here is a nurture message from our amazing nurture Champion Sarah who is here during this Lockdown to give Nurture/wellbeing support and advice to you all based on her training and skills.

The term Nurture is so broad it can be hard to define, however in terms of learning, nurture focuses on developing social and emotional skills which help children to do well at school and with peers, developing resilience, confidence and pride.  A lot of it can be seen as life skills, and you will find you already do it day to day!  Here is a Nurture Activity Grid, shared from a friend of mine, full of things you can do with your wee one to help develop these skills as well as language development and communication by ensuring you explain everything, support your child by role modelling and demonstrating and the use of gesture to spend some quality time together (Nurtureuk, 2019).

(Words in red are internet links to pages such as Edinburgh Zoo, ParentClub

and Cbeebies, click to view!)

Enjoy!  Sarah x

Nurture Activity Grid 18 1 (click on words to access document)

Nurture Activity Grid 18 1 (click on words to access pdf document)