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Choose the collection
Select the Stic-a-Ling resource that matches the nursery routine, starting with Circle Time.
Inclusive communication for early years
Every Voice. Every Language. Every Child.
Belonging starts with being understood.Stic-a-Ling helps children with English as an additional language feel welcomed, understood and included in everyday nursery routines through familiar-language audio and child-friendly resources.
Currently developing the Arabic Circle Time pilot edition.
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Not A Language Lesson. A Way To Belong.
Imagine arriving at nursery and not understanding the words around you. Stic-a-Ling brings a child’s familiar language into the routines where belonging begins.
Our approach
Communication before instruction.
Stic-a-Ling is not designed to teach children lists of vocabulary. It focuses on the short, functional communication children need to join in, respond, connect and understand what is happening around them.
Participation
Built around real nursery interactions rather than standalone lessons.
Belonging
Home languages are recognised as part of the child’s identity and experience.
Routine-based
Resources are organised around familiar moments such as circle time and play.
Child-friendly
Simple interactions support children to listen, recognise and eventually use the resource more independently.
How it works
One simple interaction. A familiar voice in the room.
The reusable audio pen works with coded Stic-a-Ling pages so children and practitioners can hear the selected phrase in the featured language.
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Tap the page
Touch the coded page using the reusable Stic-a-Ling audio pen.
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Hear and use the phrase
The phrase plays in the child’s familiar language and can be used naturally within the routine.
One integrated starter set: choose a minimum of 5 language editions, use them with 1 reusable audio pen, and support staff with 1 Stic-a-Ling Practitioner Guide.
Included in every starter set
Stic-a-Ling Practitioner Guide
Using familiar languages to support participation, communication and belonging in early-years routines.
Practitioner support
Use Stic-a-Ling without turning it into a language lesson.
Each starter set includes one core Practitioner Guide. Language-specific pronunciation and reference pages can reflect the languages selected by the setting.
Introduce the resourceHow to bring Stic-a-Ling naturally into nursery practice.
Use it within routinesCircle time, play, transitions and other everyday moments.
Pronunciation supportPractical reference alongside native audio.
Observe participationSimple prompts for noticing engagement and response.
Support independenceHelping children increasingly use the pen and books themselves.
Work with familiesConnecting home-language knowledge with the setting.
Hear it
Listen to a Circle Time phrase.
This is how the audio pen sounds in the room: a short, familiar phrase in the child’s own language.
Arabic Circle Time (prototype)
Collections
Designed around nursery life.
Each collection focuses on the communication children encounter in a familiar early-years routine.
Pilot collection
Arabic edition in developmentCircle Time
Simple phrases that help children participate in greetings, group interaction and everyday circle-time communication.
In development
Play Time
Communication for joining, sharing and playing alongside others.
In development
Outdoor Time
Useful phrases for outdoor routines and shared exploration.
In development
Mealtimes
Communication around eating, choosing, requesting and responding.
In development
Transitions
Support for the moments when children move from one part of the day to another.
Languages & starter sets
You choose the language mix. Nursery demand will decide what we produce first.
Planned Stic-a-Ling starter set
Choose at least 5 languagesSettings build a useful language mix rather than ordering a single-language starter pack.
1 reusable audio penThe pen works across compatible Stic-a-Ling language editions.
1 Practitioner GuideImplementation, pronunciation support and practical early-years guidance.
Add languages laterExpand the same system with additional compatible language editions.
Arabic — prototypePunjabiUrduBengaliSomaliPolishRomanianTurkishYoruba+ more being tested
For early years
Created for professional settings.
Stic-a-Ling is being developed as an inclusion and communication resource for organisations supporting young children, not as a consumer language-learning toy.
Nurseries & preschools
For settings welcoming children with different home languages.
Early-years practitioners
Designed to fit within familiar routines rather than create another lesson to deliver.
SALTs
A practical communication resource that can sit alongside professional language and communication support.
Local authorities
Potential support for inclusion initiatives across early-years provision.
FAQ
Questions settings ask us.
Is Stic-a-Ling a language lesson?
No. It is not designed to teach lists of vocabulary. It supports the short, functional communication children need to join in, respond and connect during real nursery routines.
What is in a starter set?
One reusable audio pen, a minimum of 5 language editions chosen by your setting, and one Practitioner Guide. You can add compatible language editions later.
Which languages are available?
Arabic is our prototype language and is not the final range. Pilot registrations will show us which languages settings need most, and that evidence will guide the first production languages.
Who is it for?
Nurseries and preschools, early-years practitioners, SALTs and local authorities. It is an inclusion and communication resource for professional settings, not a consumer toy.
Does registering commit us to buy?
No. Registration is an expression of interest and does not create a purchase commitment.
What happens in a pilot?
Selected settings help us understand usability, language demand, child engagement and how the resource fits into everyday practice.
Pilot programme
Help shape Stic-a-Ling.
We are inviting selected early-years settings to register interest in testing Stic-a-Ling. Pilot settings will help us understand usability, language demand, child engagement and how the resource fits into everyday practice.
Your responses will help determine the first production languages, the most useful 5-language starter combinations and which collections we should build next.
Prefer a full page? Open pilot registration.