Yarning together!It’s about yarning with bub.

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Starting off yarning...As soon as bubs are born, they are taking it all in. Your bub loves being held by you, looking at your face and hearing your voice. It helps bub feel safe and loved.

Bubs let you know what they like and don’t like.

They wriggle, smile, cry, look at you and make sounds... bub’s learning to yarn with you.

Yarning helps bub learn to listen and yarn.

This book is about some ways to be with your bub – yarning and playing, yarning about feelings and book yarning.

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Yarning together strengthens family, language and culture.

f yarning...As soon as bub is born, they are taking it all in.

looking at your face and hearing your voice.

Bubs let you know what they like and don’t like.

, look at you and make

This book is about some ways to be with your

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Ay, yarn with me.

I love seeing your face when you yarn with me.

I like quiet places, I can hear your voice.

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I’m getting to know

you.

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Let’s have a yarn!

I like you copying my sounds and I like copying your sounds.

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s have a yarn!

I like you copying my sounds

Ahh bub bub

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Yarning’s great.

I like listening to you.

I like it when you talk about what I’m looking at.

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Hey, you like what sis’s got.

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Wonder about what I’m feeling.

It helps me if you try...

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onder about what

Ohhh bub. What’s up?

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Yarn with me about my feelings.

Yarning with me helps me feel understood.

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arn with me about

You tired bubba?

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Stay with meeven when I’m upset.

It helps me calm down when you stay with me.

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upset.

You’re feeling sad

bub eh? It’s ok. I’m

here.

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Let’s yarn and play.

It’s great when you yarn about what I’m doing.

I’m taking it all in.

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Ay bub... you found

your hands.

s yarn and play.

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It’s fun listening to words you say...

especially songs and rhymes!

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s fun listening to

especially songs and rhymes!

Gotcha toes!

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Book yarning is fun.When we share bookshold me so I can see...

the book and your face... and you can see mine!

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Book yarning is fun.You like this one,

unna bub.

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Share lots of books with me.

I love listening to your voice and hearing new words.

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Share lots of books

I love listening to your voice

Mash! Yum!

Squish!

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We love book yarning.

I learn more words.

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e love book yarning.

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Find time for us to yarn together each day.

•Ilikebeingfacetofaceinaquietspace– I like telly free time with you.

•YarnslowlyaboutwhatI’mlookingat.

•Yarnwithmeaboutmyfeelings.

•WhenI’myarning– copy my sounds.

•Ilikeitwhenyoumakefunnysounds.

•Ilikeitwhenyousingsongsandrhymes.

•Pleasesharebookswithmeeveryday.

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Keep on yarning with me...

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Produced in cooperation with:Speech PathologistsChild and Adolescent Health Service; andWA Country Health Service, Great Southern.

Useful information:

Websiteswww.better-beginnings.com.auwww.earlywords.info/aboriginal/www.circleofsecurity.org

BooksBabyTalk by Sally Ward.Arrow Books, London (2004).Reading Magic by Mem Fox. PanMacmillan, Sydney (2005).

If you have any concerns about your child’slanguage development please contact yourlocal Child Health Nurse or Speech Pathologist.

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