Tiakina te Kōrero for Whānau aims to support families to enrich the language environment at home for their young children (0-3 years).
We work in partnership with whānau and with whānau supporters – the people and organisations in a community who support whānau and tamariki.
Tiakina te kōrero can be delivered as a one-off or small series of workshops. Or as a “course” of weekly sessions covering knowledge and tools to boost language.
We have adapted these sessions for diverse contexts, including teen parents, playgroups, and community family groups, in collaboration with whānau and community partners.
In all its formats (and as with all our activations) Tiakina te Kōrero for Whānau is underpinned by Talking Matters’ core principles of whanaungatanga, akoranga, and mana motuhake.
We share important knowledge around brain development and child language development. This always includes the concept of “serve and return” – connected and responsive back and forth interactions between pēpi and their caregivers – and the significance of the first 1,000 days to baby's development.
