Analysis: National Year of Reading - Spread the word

Nursery World, 14 November 2007

The national campaign to improve children's literacy skills starts at home, with the parents. Karen Faux looks at what's being done in different communities to reach out to families.

It's been a decade since the last National Year of Reading and now plans for a campaign in 2008 carry a fresh determination to open new doors to early reading. In his recent launch speech, Children, Schools and Families Secretary Ed Balls emphasised the vital role that parents have to play in ensuring their children are regularly read to. 'Just ten minutes a day can make a difference to a child's...

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