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Literacy Changes Everything
Talking is Teaching
Chippewa Valley
When you talk, read, sing, and play with your child - even before they can use words - you're building their brain and helping to prepare them for success in school and in life.
But it may not always be easy to talk to babies, especially when they can't talk back. To help, we've pulled fun tips and resources grounded in the best science, to help you talk, read, sing, and play with your child every day.
About
"Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing" is a public awareness and action campaign that helps parents recognize their power to boost their children's early brain and vocabulary development through simple, everyday actions - like describing things while walking outside, or singing songs together during bath time. Using books, parent videos, text messaging, social media, and information from expert partners. Talking is Teaching empowers parents and caregivers with fun and easy ways to improve their babies' learning.
Talking is Teaching is a campaign of Too Small to Fail.
Resources
Let's Talk About Books
Tips calendar: English | Spanish
Book & Video Recommendations: PDF | Link
Let's Talk Poster: English | Spanish
Social Media: Content Calendar | Sample social posts | Graphic
Illustrations: ABC book | Book with rocket

Let's Talk About Cars
Tips calendar: English | Spanish
Book & Video Recommendations: PDF
Let's Talk Poster: English | Spanish
Social Media: Content Calendar | Sample social posts | Graphic

Let's Talk About Water
Tips calendar: English | Spanish
Book & Video Recommendations: PDF
Wash Time is Talk Time Tip Sheet: PDF | Link
Let's Talk Poster: English | Spanish
Social Media: Content Calendar | Sample social posts | Graphic
Illustrations: Elephant spraying water

Let's Talk About Shapes
Book & Video Recommendations: PDF
Shapes Tip Sheet: PDF
Let's Talk Poster: English | Spanish
Social Media: Content Calendar | Sample social posts | Graphic
Illustrations: Blocks

Let's Talk About Math
Book & Video Recommendations: PDF
Let's Talk About Math Tip Sheet: PDF | Link
Let's Talk Poster: English | Spanish
Social Media: Content Calendar | Sample social posts | Graphic
Illustrations: Three sheep

Let's Talk About Play
Book & Video Recommendations: PDF
Playtime Activities Tip Sheet: PDF | Link
Let's Talk Poster: English | Spanish
Social Media: Content Calendar | Sample social posts | Graphic
Illustrations: Hippo

Let's Talk About Feelings
Book & Video Recommendations: PDF
Let's Talk Poster: English | Spanish
Social Media: Content Calendar | Graphic
Small Children Have Big Feelings: Videos, graphics & tip sheets

Let's Talk About Bedtime
Book & Video Recommendations: PDF
Let's Talk Poster: English | Spanish
Social Media: Content Calendar | Sample social posts | Graphic
Illustrations: Moon

Let's Talk About Clothes
Tips calendar: English | Spanish
Book & Video Recommendations: PDF
Let's Talk Poster: English | Spanish
Coloring Pages: PDF
Parent Tip Sheet: PDF
Social Media: Sample | Calendar | Clothes Graphic | Laundry Graphic
Illustrations: Rain Coat | Clothes | Hippo | Glove | Giraffe

Let's Talk About Colors
Tips calendar: English | Spanish
Book & Video Recommendations: PDF
Art Tip Sheet: PDF
Let's Talk Poster: English | Spanish
Social Media: Content Calendar | Sample social posts | Graphic
Illustrations: Rainbow

Let's Talk About Food
Tips calendar: English | Spanish
Book & Video Recommendations: PDF
Let's Talk Poster: English | Spanish
Healthy Food Poster: English | Spanish
Tipsheet: PDF
Social Media: Sample | Calendar | Graphic 1 | Graphic 2 | Graphic 3 | Graphic 4
Illustrations: Apple | Sliced Apple | Banana | Yellow Pepper | Sandwich

Let's Talk About Nature
Tips calendar: English | Spanish
Book & Video Recommendations: PDF
Let's Talk Poster: English | Spanish
Social Media: Content Calendar | Graphic
Tip Sheet: Fun with Science
Illustrations: Tree | Leaves | Animal Tracks

Let's Talk About Reading
Tips calendar: English | Spanish
Book & Video Recommendations: PDF
Let's Talk Poster: English | Spanish
Social Media: Content Calendar | Graphic 1 | Sample social posts
Tip Sheet: Family Reading
Illustrations: Dog Family | Book Worm
