Childminders set up for communication

By Laura Marcus, Nursery World, 27 September 2007

A new training programme will show childminders how to adapt their environment to improve children's speaking and listening skills, using a £50,000 grant from the Children's Workforce Development Council.

Early years consultant Elizabeth Jarman, in partnership with the National Childminding Association, will develop the programme, 'Communication Friendly Spaces: Improving children's speaking and listening skills', over the next year. Ms Jarman will train NCMA members in disseminating best practice, looking at how noise, light, colour and space influence children's everyday environment and affect speaking and listening abilities. Ms Jarman said, 'In Phase 1 we will be developing pilot materials and piloting training in two childminding networks to...

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