Born in Covid Year - Core Lockdown Effects

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🌞🌻Looking for something fun and educational to do with your child this summer? If your child is turning 4 you could take part in our research study ✨ You get a free tablet and learn more about your child's talking and thinking development! 💭🗣️

Families needed for a study about children’s talking and thinking. Are talking and thinking skills different in children who were born after Covid lockdowns? Was your child born in England between July 19th 2021 and October 19th 2021? If they were, you could take part in our study. Your child would play fun talking and thinking games with a researcher over Zoom. We would see your child three times for about 45 minutes each time. You would fill in some questionnaires about your household which will take 1.5 hours. If you take part in our study you get a free Amazon Fire tablet! If you have any questions or want to sign up you can contact bicycle@citystgeorges.ac.uk.

🌟We are looking for children turning 4 years old to participate in our study 🚲🎉 If your child was born in England just after lockdowns ended (between July 19th and October 19th 2021) you could take part and get a free Amazon Fire Tablet! 🖱️Sign up here: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🎉 The BICYCLE study has reached 200 participants 👧👦🚲 A huge thank you to all the amazing children and parents taking part! We will be recruiting families with children born after lockdown, watch this space for more details 🌟

The pandemic generation: How Covid-19 lockdowns left long-term scars on children The stress and isolation of the pandemic have left social and emotional marks that are already being seen in children, but scientists also predict there could be huge economic costs.

An interesting read on how the pandemic has affected children worldwide by @kategammon.bsky.social on BBC Future. It features information about the BICYCLE study and the importance of early social interaction on child development:
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Five years since lockdown! 📻 Our very own @profnikkibotting.bsky.social featured on Radio 4 this morning to speak about the lasting effect of lockdowns on children and what can be done to support them. You can listen back here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Over 150 families have now taken part! 🎉

We're still looking for families to help us find out about talking and thinking skills 📚💬

You can take part online and you get a free tablet! Recruitment will be closing soon so sign up whilst you still can:

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⭐ We are still looking for 4-year old children born during lockdown to take part in the BICYCLE study 🧸🎉 We are especially interested in hearing from families living in the East Midlands 📍 please share with those who might be interested! cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Pandemic babies starting school: BBC News Channel 010924 YouTube video by Cat Davies

@BBCNews TV coverage of our @BICYCLE_Study to support children born during the first year of the pandemic as they start primary school this week. youtu.be/o6TC3l87mLk

Pandemic babies starting school now: 'We need speech therapists five days a week' Aqil and his twin were eight weeks old when lockdown hit - both are starting school with speech and language needs.

Pandemic babies - those born into 'strange times' - are starting primary school this week. BBC News reports on their experiences and how we're investigating #Covid_19 effects through the @BICYCLE_study www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Welcome to the BICYCLE research project account! Follow us for information and updates as we explore the effects of being born in lockdown on children's language and cognitive development. You can also visit our website: www.bornincovidyear.co.uk