Better Health - Start for Life
NHS advice and guidance about aspects of parenthood, from pregnancy to helping your child learn to talk and much more.
Welcome to Better Health - Start for Life offers pregnancy, baby and parenting advice and guidance to help you have a healthy and happy baby during pregnancy, birth and parenthood.
The Start for Life campaign also provides lots of ideas that can help boost your child's learning and help prepare them for school.
You can fit these activities into your daily routine, your child will love them and you will too:
- playing 'I spy' with them
- talking to your child about what has happened so far in the day
- looking at picture books together, with each new page, give your child time to point out things to you and talk about what they can see
It's something you could do on the way to nursery, on public transport, while you're making a meal or shopping, and it doesn't have to feel like 'learning'.
Last modified on 25 September 2025
