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Home Learning Resources

What you do at home, really makes a difference to your child's development

Here is a range of resources and websites for with ideas of activities for you to engage with your child.

Tiny Happy People Website

Part of the BBC to help you develop your child's communication skills. Explore our  simple activities and play ideas and find out about their amazing early development.

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Cbeebies Bedtime stories

Join a host of different celebrities for a different story read each night just before bedtime.

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50 things to do in Calderdale before you're 5

Link to download the app.

A menu of exciting activities for families in Calderdale with young children, giving them great suggestions for how to have fun and learn at the same time.

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50 things to do at home from Alister Bryce-Clegg at ABC Does

This collection of activities/ideas is simply here to help parents and carers find fun things to do if they find themselves unexpectedly at home with younger children.

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Hungry Little Minds

Simple, fun activities for kids, from newborn to five. You can turn almost anything into a game. And every little thing you do together will help set them up nicely for the day they start school.

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Words for life

Words for Life is created by the National Literacy Trust. The website includes activity ideas for a range of age ranges - read-aloud stories, recipes and information to support parents.

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Look, Say, Sing and Play

A range of activities compiled by the NSPCC.

Whether it’s bathtime, bedtime or you’re washing up, playing with your baby, using silly voices, or even singing can build their brain right from birth. It’s a great way to have fun while making your bond even stronger.

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Cbeebies Explore and Go App

Go Explore is a fun kids app packed with free CBeebies games and videos based on the early years curriculum to help get children ready for school. It’s free to play with no in-app purchases and children can play offline.

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Healthy Early Years

A parents guide full of content on how to keep children healthy in their most vital years, created by Calderdale council

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