Materials — packs and downloads
Early Words resources are designed to give parents understanding and practical advice to help their children on the road to literacy. Parents will receive the resources progressively, from pregnancy until their children start school at 5 years of age. Western Sydney families will receive these resources free.
Professionals working with local families will also be able to access the resources at no cost.
Some resources, like the tip sheets, may be downloaded from this website and printed out for personal use. If you are from outside western Sydney, Australia, and you would like to make use of these resources more widely in your community, please contact us.
Resources will be available in a number of languages spoken in western Sydney, in addition to English. These will include Aboriginal English, Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Korean, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese.
Brochure
Two brochures are available. Both explain briefly what the Early Words project is about, and where to obtain tip sheets and other materials. One is designed for use within the project area, and the other for a wider audience.
Online Videos
Early Words DVDs have now been put on our YouTube Channel WatchEarlyWords.
Nine stages from pregnancy- 5 years cover key areas of early literacy development, and suggest practical ways in which parents and carers can help their children’s progress. Each section looks at the 5 top tips for that age. Looking and Listening, Talking, Reading, Singing and Rhyming, Drawing and writing.
Suitable for both parents and professionals. We use zamzar to download clips
www.zamzar.com/
Tip sheets and small posters
Early Words tip sheets give parents information, practical ideas and helpful contacts at each stage of their children’s development. They link you to the YouTube video clips.
All tip sheets link to a small poser showing brief reminders of important points.
Tip sheet downloads
All Early Words tip sheets can be downloaded from here in PDF format. Just choose your language and click on the links to view them in your browser. From there you can save them to your computer. You can also right click on the links (control-click on Mac) and choose to download the PDFs directly to your hard drive.
You can choose either colour or black and white versions of the tip sheets. You will save ink on your printer if you choose black and white.
If you are looking for the guidelines for choosing books that we included on the back of most of the printed tip sheets, you can find them here.
Fridge magnet download
We have created A4-sized ‘posters’ of the fridge magnets for you to download and print out on your home printer. They’re quite striking at this size. All files are in PDF format. (For downloading tips, follow the instructions for the tip sheets, above.)
Posters
The 5 top tips for the first 5 yearsposter comes in two sizes:
- A2 (410mm x 594mm)
- A3 (297mm x 410mm)
Book pack for 6 months
Includes the 6-month tip sheet and magnet, as well as a sturdy board book containing pictures of Australian babies with their families. This book, published by Magbala books Aboriginal Corporation features photos of a variety of cultures and is wordless, allowing families to tell their own stories.
Aboriginal resources
Aboriginal DVD and tip sheets are now available. Visit the Early Words Aboriginal website for details.
Training presentations and notes
Under development
