National Share-a-Story Month gives us a great excuse to spend time celebrating and having fun with books. However, reading stories and looking at picture books together is one of the best ways in which you can support children's spoken and written language development. 

Here are some Clickety Top Tips for sharing Early Soundplay stories:

We were delighted when Anne Ayre was invited to write a guest Clickety Books blog for the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years. 

PACEY promote high standards in childcare and early years and support their 35,000 members to help give children the best start in life. We share the same ethos and we really enjoy working with them.

With a theme of  'Top tips for using Sound Play' Anne decided to explore the use of picture books as an effective way to support sound play. They can be a great springboard for a range of extension activities that will provide lots of opportunities for related sound play.