Play and Learn With Your Baby

Sally Smith (Consultant Editor) is an expert in early child development. Having worked in the Department of Education at Oxford University, Sally is now CEO of the charity Peeple. Peeple's main purpose is to support parents and carers, babies and children to learn together - by valuing and building on what families already do. Peep practitioners and families share information and ideas from the Peep Learning Together Programme about how to make the most of the learning opportunities that surround us in everyday life and play. Peeple advised The Baby Club programme's production team on the child development theory that underpins all the activities on the programme. Sally is a mum of three. Nigel Clarke (Foreword writer) has established himself as a children's television favourite, having presented popular shows for Disney, Nickelodeon, ITV, Channel 4, Cartoon Network, and BBC. Nigel is a co-host of CBeebies' The Baby Club. His blog for the show, Nigel's Baby Club Diaries, is a place to find out more about each episode, alongside tips and tricks he has learned on his own parenting journey. As a result of filming The Baby Club, Nigel has also become a Peep Practitioner; working with the charity, Peeple, to create early learning programmes for children and parents to learn and grow together. Nigel hosted the red carpet and back-stage interviews at the 2011 Children's BAFTAs and has a keen social media following. Nigel has two young children.