Information for Families/Parents who speak Tamil

UK LITERACY TRUST:

Bilingual quick tips : Saying hello to your new baby, Dummies (Pacifiers) and talking, Talk to your baby in your own language, Making the most of TV, Talking with your baby, Sharing Songs and Rhymes, Sharing Books with your baby, Playing with your Baby

https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/english-and-tamil-bi-lingual-quick-tips/

Why play? WELCOME HERE ONTARIO CANADA 

Birth through 6 months, 6 to 12 mo., 1 to 2 years, 2 to 3 years, 3 to 4 years, 4 to 5 years

Building Active Habits:

Changing wait time to play time

Connecting through Stories;

Family Routines

Parents at Play

Process not Product

Promoting Positive Behavior

Singing through the day

Supporting Children’s Play

The Pleasures of Reading Aloud

BEST START ONTARIO CANADA :

Best Start by Health Nexus, formerly Canada Ontario’s Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre, supports service providers working on preconception health, perinatal and newborn health and early child development and education.

BABY WANTS BOOKLET

https://resources.beststart.org/product/k06e-baby-wants-booklet/

This booklet can be downloaded for free

LIFE WITH A NEW BABY

https://resources.beststart.org/product/m03e-life-with-a-new-baby-brochure/

WHEN CHILDREN SPEAK MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE:

https://resources.beststart.org/product/k51e-when-children-speak-booklet/

WASHINGTON STATE EARLY YEARS

https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/publications-library?combine_1=FS_0002&combine=&field_program_topic_value=All&field_languages_available_value=All

Many early childhood booklets, (e.g. what is early intervention, IFSP, parental rights, informed consent, release of information, declining services, procedural safeguards) from Washington State Early Years :

https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/services/child-dev-support-providers/esit/forms-publications

https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/services/child-development-supports/esit/parent-rights

Guide to Early Intervention Services:

Tamil

Communication Cards:  

http://www.culturaldiversity.com.au/service-providers/multilingual-resources/communication-cards

These are incredibly useful and are available for many languages

Cue Cards:

https://www.easternhealth.org.au/services/language-services/cue-cards/cue-cards-in-community-languages

These cue cards are available in many languages and can be extremely useful.

RESOURCING PARENTS:  

http://www.resourcingparents.nsw.gov.au/Resources/Cald

INFORMATION ABOUT DEAFNESS AND HEARING LOSS

RESOURCES FROM MEDEL IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES:

https://www.medel.com/en-us/support/rehab/rehabilitation-downloads

KIDS NEW TO CANADA:

https://www.kidsnewtocanada.ca/care/parent-info

About Kids Health:

Go to the top of the website to choose the language

ROYAL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MONTREAL

https://www.rch.org.au/immigranthealth/translated/Translated_resources/

Health Information Translations:

https://www.healthinfotranslations.org/

CHILDRENS SONGS and RHYMES in TAMIL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-QPD6ZwSmo

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrCwOUOF6ldh28AJSQPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTEyYzl1Y2tlBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjg5MjJfMQRzZWMDc2M-?p=children%27s+songs+in+tamil&fr=yhs-pty-pty_email&hspart=pty&hsimp=yhs-pty_email&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tL3locy9zZWFyY2g_aHNwYXJ0PXB0eSZoc2ltcD15aHMtcHR5X2VtYWlsJnBhcmFtMj1jYTEyYTYxMi0xZjNmLTQxNDktYWIxZC1hMmIyOTUwMmFmNGQmcGFyYW0zPWVtYWlsX35VU35hcHBmb2N1czF-JnBhcmFtND1kLWNjYzMtbHAwLWJiOX5DaHJvbWV-Y2hpbGRyZW4lMjdzK3NvbmdzK2luK3RhbWlsfjQ3RjBDOUYwODU4OTEzMzlFODE3MEZFOTA5NEUzNUVCJnBhcmFtMT0yMDE4MDkxMyZwPWNoaWxkcmVuJTI3cytzb25ncytpbit0YW1pbCZ0eXBlPWVtX2FwcGZvY3VzMV9jcg&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMH_UrVawx-HzUeUSnixLZOMqqwJMV2z4HskUB4Z6_QA9zTl-fsb7WvOAs_12jmft1dVp9ZEiJkDrWDK7FjtdVdguQeq22RopyIBFk85x2fq0GUc4KZWY5q6CN-uXD-OS6oN0pjVEYbGXnlIKJmZ3JIsXhGJgNAUxl5Xx61g3b27

https://www.mamalisa.com/?lang=Tamil&t=el

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YmRdkJ26ZA