Tell me More

Remember the game? Play it anywhere, anytime with almost any age. It can be a two minute time filler or an afternoon of family fun captivating even the youngest child's attention. Flipping, flying coloured discs, furious scrambles after lost 'winks' and triumphant laughter as three-year-old Lucy beats Grandad again! Welcome to Tiddlywinks... resource material for young children that's fun, flexible and extremely user-friendly.

As well as giving you material which can be adapted to work in almost any group of young children, there is also help for group leaders to make your group fun.

Each book has an opening section with titles aimed to help you, the group leader:

• Why? work with babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers?
• Where and when?
• How?
• Playing with a purpose
• Making the most of structure
• Quick tips to get you started
• Additional resources
• How to plan your group programme using Tiddlywinks.

We are also compiling additional material here. There are two articles in the downloads

• from Woman Alive by Tiddlywinks editor Maggie Barfield, and
• "The importance of working with under fives" from Jackie Cray CPAS National Adviser for Families and Under Fives.

The Question & Answer pages also have a lot more information to help you get a group started and to help you deal with particular issues.

"I love this! It's great!" 
 from Sarah, leader of a 3 to 5s group in Victoria, Australia.