Parents Area

Hold Timmy’s hand through those first few days at nursery….

Starting nursery or pre-school is a really important first step for your little one and, although daunting at first, will eventually help them to become more flexible, adaptable and independent. There are lots of things you can do to help them to feel more comfortable. Why not try a few of these top tips prepared for Timmy Time by the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

Timmy’s Top Ten Tips:

To help your little ones settle in:

1. Meet your child’s ‘key person’. This carer is assigned to take extra care of your little one throughout their time at pre-school – so get to know them and share any important information about your child.

2. Visit your pre-school or nursery in advance. Point out where the cloakroom, toilet and fun play areas are so they become more familiar with their new surroundings before their first full day.

3. Practice new tasks, like hanging up their coat and putting away toys.Teaching your child these simple skills will help them settle in more quickly.

To help you when leaving your child:

4. Be cheerful and positive and try not to stress. If you look happy and relaxed, your child is more likely to be too.

5. Don’t rush off. Make sure your child has enough time to say goodbye. Instead of saying goodbye say something more positive such as “I’ll be back after you’ve had your lunch”. What ever arrangements you make, keep to them.

6. If your child cries try not to worry. Their key person will have lots of tricks to settle them down when you have gone.

7. Talk to them about their experiences and if you have any concerns  talk to their ‘key person’.

To help you cope with the separation:

8. Make a plan of your own for their first week, time for you to do chores, hobbies or just relax!

9. Get to know other parents. They are likely to be going through the same emotions and can offer mutual support.

10. Piece of mind – ask if you can make a quick call in the afternoon to check how your child is coping and keep well informed about your nursery. The more you know, the more confident you will feel.

Find out more top tips on how to settle your child by visiting www.pre-school.org.uk/timmytime

We can’t quite believe how quickly this has come around but issue 2 of Timmy Time Magazine is here!

The second issue of Timmy Time Magazine is all about puppets, toys and having lots of fun playing games! There's a brilliant free Timmy hand puppet and you can read all about Timmy's special puppet in our story.

Use the free sticker sheet to complete the two sticker scenes and then have a go at making a play scene with cut-out finger puppets! And it's time to grab your crayons for some colouring fun with a picture of Timmy and his friends in the nursery garden!

For a taster of what Timmy Time Magazine has to offer, view a special online sample.  For more exciting activities, games and stories, grab your copy at your nearest newsagent, or visit www.titantots.com to subscribe and have the magazine delivered to your door every month!

Calling all Timmy Time fans - and those who read to them! Our official online store is currently offering unique bundles of Timmy Time books at a discounted prices...!

Books can now be collected in three different bundles which are tailored for different age groups with differing activities:

- Toddlers Book Bundle is aimed for age 1+ and comes with three books in an easy chunky board format, including a “Touch and feel” which has different textures on all pages.

- Story Book Bundle offers parents more reading material and is aimed at encouraging reading among your little ones.

- Activity Book Bundle offers entertainment and education at the same time, with two sticker books for creative play and an additional line colouring book for children aged +3.

For more information on these fab offers visit our official Timmy Time Online store.

Finally we can talk about the exciting promotion we’ve been keeping under wraps for months, (because hopefully most of you have already come across it yourselves in your local supermarket), that Timmy Time has teamed up with Fairy Non-bio to give away free books that have been written uniquely for this campaign. There are three exclusive books to collect: Timmy wants to win, Timmy steals the show and Timmy wants the beret, and all you need to do to start collecting is send your name, address and the book you would like along with a receipt for either Fairy non-bio or Fairy Fabric Softener, to Fairy Book Offer, PB 240, PO Box 10, DISS, Norfolk, IP98 1SP (UK) or Fairy Book Offer, PB 240, PO Box 1760, Tallaght, Dublin 24 (ROI)

For more information on Timmy’s partnership with Fairy Non-bio visit our Fairy microsite and be sure to check in again soon, as a brand new and exclusive Timmy Time game made especially for parents is due to hit the Fairy page very soon….

Why not subscribe to Timmy’s newsletter to make sure you’re always kept up to date with the latest Timmy Time news and offers?

As many of you have probably already gathered, Timmy Time has moved from its previous timeslots to two brand new times. You can now catch Timmy and all of his friends at the Nursery at 7.40am and 12.40pm everyday on the CBeebies channel. And keep your eyes peeled Timmy Time fans, because a little bird has told us that some brand new, never seen before episodes are coming your way later on in the Spring! Now there’s something to look forward to!

An exciting new Timmy Time magazine is due to launch on April 15th!  Following on from the success of Timmy's TV show, Timmy Time Magazine will extend on the key elements, taking children on a fun journey in every issue, following Timmy and his friends to nursery.

Going to nursery for the first time can be a daunting experience for little children, but with Timmy leading the way, they learn it’s the start of a great adventure! Timmy Time Magazine helps children on this journey, introducing them to activities and ideas that will be key to their nursery experience, such as making friends, playing with others and sharing.

Find out more about Timmy Time Magazine, hear from Timmy Time Magazine editor Hannah Tibbetts and enter a Timmy Time book competition at www.titantots.com!

Free Review Copies!
Sorry, all 30 review copies have now been allocated.  Why not enter our competition to win a year's subscription instead?

Timmy’s 3rd DVD “Timmy’s Spring Surprise” is out in the UK now, including 8 fantastic episodes where spring is definitely in the air!

Join Timmy and his friends as they learn how to grow new plants together, get creative with them as they make their own masks or encourage your little ones to get sporty outdoors as the classmates take part in their first sports day and enjoy playing football in the sunshine.

Episodes include:

• Timmy’s Spring Surprise
• Timmy Wants to Win
• Timmy’s Mask
• Timmy’s Jigsaw
• Sticky Timmy
• Timmy Wants the Beret
• Timmy Says Sorry
• Timmy Brings a Smile

…plus enjoy additional bonus clips and a fantastic Jigsaw game!

Visit Timmy’s online store to order your copy now »

To celebrate the launch of Timmy’s brand new website, we are giving away a bundle of Timmy goodies to one lucky fan!  The pack contains:

• Snapshot Timmy on DVD
• Timmy the Train on DVD
• Timmy Time Alphabet Learning Frame
• A set of Timmy Time Dominoes

To enter our prize draw, simply sign up for the Timmy Time newsletter before the 31st January 2010.  Already registered? Sit back and relax in the knowledge that you have been automatically entered – but don’t forget to tell your friends to enter too!

1 lucky winner will be picked at random from all the registered email addresses on our mailing list.  The competition closes at midnight, 31st January 2010 and winners will be announced within 7 days of the draw.

Welcome to the Parents Area of the new Timmy Time website! We will use this section of the site to keep you all updated with useful information about Timmy Time on TV as well as news about our official toys, books, DVDs, clothing and more. We’ll also let you know any other news relating to Timmy and his Nursery friends that we think you might be interested in.

Hopefully, if you’re visiting this site, you and your own pre-schoolers are already fans of our little lamb, and we would like to start off this page with a quick reminder of all things ‘Timmy’:

Since the show’s fantastic launch in April 2009, more than 9.4 million of you have tuned in to watch the show on CBeebies*. The success of the show to date has led to a request for a further 26 episodes,  which Jackie Cockle, creator of Timmy Time, and the whole studio are really excited about, and they hope to get started Summer 2010 for you to enjoy as soon as possible! There are also two Timmy Time DVDs now available at most good retailers, ‘Timmy the Train’ and 'Snapshot Timmy’, both of which contain 8 brilliant episodes from the series so far.

With Christmas just around the corner many of you will be wanting to know where to lay your hands on official Timmy Time merchandise, including the hugely popular Night Night Timmy, and we’re very excited to tell you that we’ve recently launched Aardman’s online store where you can buy licensed Timmy Time products for your little ones, and if we’re out of stock Amazon, Argos, Toys’R’Us, The Early Learning Centre and many more major retailers should be able to help you find your perfect prezzie!

For more regular updates about Timmy Time why not join us on Facebook? Timmy’s fanbase is fast approaching the 6,000 mark and members of his Facebook group get access to the most up to date news about the show, and exclusive offers and competitions too.

We hope you’ll enjoy exploring the rest of the Timmy Time site, which we’ve filled with activities your child may doing at their own nursery, with interactive features and educational games to help develop your child’s co-ordination and creativity. We’d love to have your feedback on the site and all of the new features, so please let us know what you think on Timmy’s Facebook page.

We’ll be back in the New Year to fill you in on exciting Timmy Time news for 2010, but for now we wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas from everyone here at Aardman!

(*source: BARB)