Alan the Alien's sign of the week is...poorly! Get Hackney Talking Jenny Ray 🌈

Alan is learning about feelings! He has learnt the sign for "sad" this week. 👽🚀Get Hackney Talking Jenny Ray 🌈

Happy pancake day 🥞 why not try Get Hackney Talking’s classic pancake recipe 👽🚀Jenny Ray 🌈 Nabiah Sohail Newcomb Library 📚💻📱🤔ℹ️

Mmmm... did someone say pancakes...this looks like a flipping good recipe 🥞🧑‍🍳Enjoy! Thanks for sharing Launchpad for Language Hackney & Get Hackney Talking Our filling of choice is the classic 🍋& sugar - what's yours?

Yesterday Alan the Alien enjoyed a rainy Language walk with the children at @DaubeneyHackney! I wonder what words Alan the Alien got to learn☔️👽🚀 Get Hackney Talking Jenny Ray 🌈

Alan the Alien has been learning about the word 'when' with the Reception class children at Shoreditch Park Primary! 🕐❄️🌞👽🚀 Get Hackney Talking Jenny Ray 🌈 Nabiah Sohail

Alan the Alien had a magical time running the Fun with Stories workshop for parents at Sebright Primary, thank you all for coming ✨📕👽🚀 @BlossomExecHT Get Hackney Talking Jenny Ray 🌈 Nabiah Sohail

This week at Princess May Primary School, the nursery children have been helping Concept Cat collect some short things to learn all about the word ‘short’👽🚀 Get Hackney Talking Jenny Ray 🌈 Stephen Parsons

This week is World Autism Acceptance Week! Alan the Alien has shared some information about Autism, check out his poster below 🚀👽 #WorldAutismAcceptanceWeek Get Hackney Talking

This week the reception class children at Viridis Schools have been using Rainbow Sentences to help Alan the Alien solve the mystery of the missing Easter egg! 🐰🍫🚀👽 Get Hackney Talking Orchard Primary School Southwold Primary School Hoxton Garden Primary School Get Hackney Talking

Brilliant job EYFS! We hope you solved the mystery!

Today is the first day of the half-term! Alan the Alien will be using his Easter Holidays Countdown Calendar to know when he is going to go back to school, why don't you use one too?👽🚀 Get Hackney Talking Jenny Ray 🌈 Nabiah Sohail

Alan has made another Easter craft today - his own Easter crown!👑 Have a go making your own Easter crown using the easy steps below! Don't forget to Tweet us a pic of your royal headwear! 👽🛸 Get Hackney Talking Jenny Ray 🌈 Nabiah Sohail

Alan is making some Easter crafts this week! Today he has made a sheep🐏using: A paper plate Cotton wool Paper Have a look at his how-to guide and make your own sheep at home! Tweet us a picture - we'd love to see your creations! 🐑👽🛸 Get Hackney Talking Jenny Ray 🌈 Nabiah Sohail

This week is Deaf awareness week (2nd-8th May)! Here are some top tips for communicating with Deaf children 🚀🛸

To celebrate Deaf awareness week, why not learn some British Sign Language finger-spelling? Get Hackney Talking Jenny Ray 🌈 Nabiah Sohail National Deaf Children's Society #DeafAwarenessWeek2022

A newly formed parent-to-parent support group runs in Hackney every month, on the weekend. It's for parents of deaf children to come together and have coffee and share their experiences. Join the WhatsApp group via the QR code! 🚀👽#DeafAwarenessWeek #Hackney #Deaf #ParentSupport

Alan the Alien held a Language Walk parent workshop at Holy Trinity CofE Primary just after half-term, we hope they found it useful!!👽🚀

Alan and his friends have had a busy term supporting EYs children with their language and communication! We'll share more about what we've been up to in the new year...but for now here are our TOP TIPS FOR TALKING! Try them out this holiday and let us know what you think 🚀🚀

Some great tips on how to support children to understand and engage with books this #worldbookday2023! This and more available through Verboapp.co.uk What was your favourite childhood book?! 📚