{"id":68965,"date":"2025-06-10T14:50:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/?page_id=68965"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:52:57","slug":"resources-for-early-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/types-of-send\/sensory-and-or-physical-needs\/resources-for-early-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for early years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are lots of ways that children under the age of five with sensory impairments or difficulties can be supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beststartinlife.gov.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Best start in life<\/a> advice and support for your child&#8217;s development from pregnancy to child care right through to starting school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/information-and-advice\/life-stages\/childhood-and-school\/how-to-play-with-a-child-with-complex-disabilities\/\" rel=\"noopener\">How to play with children with complex disabilities<\/a><br>Giving lots of fun ideas for ways children with complex disabilities can enjoy playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guidedogs.org.uk\/getting-support\/information-and-advice\/learning-through-play\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Learning through play<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sensory activities and learning through play can help your child gain confidence, achieve their milestones and understand the world. The Guide Dogs website has lots of suggested activities to help your child with a vision impairment develop through play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.rnib.org.uk\/documents\/APDF-RE190111_Lets_Play_2019-v06.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Let\u2019s play<\/a><br>Toys and play ideas for young children with vision impairment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.rnib.org.uk\/documents\/APDF-RE181123_Messy_and_Muddy.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Messy and Muddy<\/a><br>A guide to outdoor play for children with vision impairment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/startingreception.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Starting reception<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This new resource will be a vital tool for parents as they navigate the myriad information out there to support their child\u2019s early development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victaparents.org.uk\/play\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The world of play.<\/a><br>Children are always learning while they play. It\u2019s a great way for you to help their development while having fun together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of ways that children under the age of five with sensory impairments or difficulties can be supported. Best start in life advice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":981,"featured_media":0,"parent":20211,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-68965","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-21 10:04:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68965"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75419,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68965\/revisions\/75419"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}