I was working for I CAN, as Director of Communications, when the seeds for The Communication Trust were sown. Working closely with Virginia Beardshaw, Chief Executive of I CAN, we ran the incredible Make Chatter Matter campaign, which firmly put children’s communication on the policy and media agenda. In the wake of the Bercow Review, …
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Guest Blog post on I CAN Chatterbox Challenge by Cheeky Monkeys 0
The Cheeky Monkeys focused on the nursery rhyme ‘Row Row Row Your Boat’ for the I CAN Chatterbox Challenge. The focus this year was to highlight the opportunity of developing physical movement through action rhymes. The children were involved in making their own boats in preparation for the challenge to take them to the boating …
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Thousands of children across the country get chatting – take look at our photo gallery 0
Once again I CAN has teamed up with Capital Shopping Centres to launch the Chatterbox Challenge 2012- Kids in Motion. Three action packed events were kicked off at The Victoria Centre, Nottingham; The Potteries, Stoke on Trent; and the Trafford Centre in Manchester. Each event was an action-packed day with magicians, free face painting, performances …
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Chatterbox Challenge 2012 starts this week across the UK 0
The start of this year’s Chatterbox Challenge is just days away, so make sure you’re ready for the big occasion. Running from 1st to 7th February, the event is all set to be an extra special and action-packed affair. With summer 2012 just around the corner, this year’s theme is Kids in Motion, which means …
Read MoreChatterbox Challenge events at your local shopping centre 0
Capital Shopping Centres Group PLC (CSC) is the leading UK shopping centre business and has been a huge supporter of I CAN and children’s communication since 2004. CSC supported I CAN again in 2011 and helped I CAN secure a Guinness World Record for the largest game of head, shoulders knees and toes …
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Chatterbox Challenge 2012: Developing communication through singing 0
Kate Freeman, I CAN Communication Advisor, has written a blog for Chatterbox Challenge 2012, with tips for parents on developing children’s communication skills through singing and building this into everyday activities. Kate says: Nursery rhymes and songs have been sung for hundreds of years to entertain children, distract them or soothe them to sleep. Singing …
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Guest Blog from Talking Tots: Chatterbox Challenge Unique Triathlon 0
As London is getting ready for Summer 2012 , Talking Tots will be gearing up for our very own unique Triathlon from Feb 1-7, 2012. More than 5,000 of our Talking Tots pre-schoolers in 150 centres across the UK are poised and ready to take on the three events all in aid of I CAN’s Chatterbox …
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Guest blog from La Jolie Ronde: Moulin à paroles et el charlatán with I CAN 0
La Jolie Ronde Languages for Children, one of I CAN’s Chatterbox Challenge partner groups, have kindly supplied us with an exclusive song as part of Chatterbox Challenge 2012, ‘Kids in Motion: Get active and make chatter matter’! To help get your chatterboxes ‘communication fit’ why not try something new in 2012 – Try the Challenge …
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Looking back at 2011: thoughts on the National Year from Virginia Beardshaw 0
What a fantastic year 2011 has been for speech, language and communication. If you’d told me at the start of this National Year that we would have proposals to integrate oral language across our curriculum at every age and stage, as recommended in this week’s Expert Panel report on the National Curriculum, an Early Years …
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Get Active – Make Chatter Matter 0
Boogie Mites is thrilled to be working to support I CAN in the Chatterbox Challenge 2012 – Kids in Motion. We are working together to help children develop language and communication skills and to get active as well. The development and use of communication and language skills is at the heart of the Early Years …
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