{"id":422,"date":"2025-02-04T17:01:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/?page_id=422"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:19:31","slug":"chatting-together-messages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/chatting-together-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Chatting Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NELC team have developed a set of key messages for supporting early language and communication from pre-birth to age 5. These messages have been developed based on the evidence around what works and have been tested with parents and carers. The NELC team have worked closely with a number of national partners to start to embed these key messages within already existing national supports, e.g. Book Bug and PEEP.<\/p>\n<p>You will find the key messages below, along with printable posters and some information on the evidence and research around these messages.<\/p>\n<p>These messages are also available on the Parent Club website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parentclub.scot\/articles\/top-tips-encouraging-your-childs-speech-language-and-communication\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/02\/24151605\/Chatting-Together-getting-ready-and-overview-Jan26-1.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting Ready to Chat Together<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/29141525\/Chatting-Together-postcards-for-bump-to-baby-updated-Jan26-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatting Together Bump to Baby Postcards<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/29141453\/Chatting-Together-postcards-for-toddler-and-young-child-updated-Jan26-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatting Together Toddler and Young Child Postcards<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/02\/24140125\/Chatting-Together-postcard-slide-presentation-Jan26.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatting Together Postcards in PowerPoint format for sharing on screens<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/29141427\/Chatting-Together-Posters-Jan26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatting Together Posters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/29141336\/Chatting-Together-Practitioner-Guide-Jan26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatting Together Practitioner Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/02\/17135346\/Video-reflection-exercise.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatting Together in Practice: a video reflection tool for practitioners<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2025\/01\/10102545\/Evidence-and-References-for-Chatting-Together-Messages.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evidence and References for Chatting Together Messages<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/29141314\/Chatting-Together-postcards-in-Gaelic-Jan26.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatting Together Postcards in Gaelic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/29142339\/Chatting-Together-Posters-ALL-Gaelic-Jan26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatting Together Posters in Gaelic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NELC team have developed a set of key messages for supporting early language and communication from pre-birth to age 5. These messages have been developed based on the evidence around what works and have been tested with parents and carers. The NELC team have worked closely with a number of national partners to start&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/chatting-together-messages\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chatting Together<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85275,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-422","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/422\/revisions\/600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}