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Dyslexia 'not caused by poor eyesight'

Friday, June 5, 2015

| Nursery World

Experts have cast doubt on the popular belief that dyslexia is a visual disorder, as a new large-scale study suggests dyslexia is not linked to eyesight problems.

Practitioners want EYFS left as it is

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

| Nursery World

There is 'overwhelming' support among most early years practitioners for the EYFS framework, new research by the Institute of Education suggests.

Scotland's literacy action plan launched

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

| Nursery World

The first action plan to improve literacy from early years through to adulthood has been developed by the Scottish government.

Book scheme goes on with reduced funds

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has reaffirmed its commitment to providing free books for babies and children and announced a new scheme to be targeted through children's centres.

Parents' reading project aims to boost three-year-olds' language

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

| Nursery World

A new study aims to find out whether 20 minutes a day of story activities can help parents boost their child’s language skills.

Sector outraged at plans to train shop staff to support children's language

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Thursday, February 7, 2019

| Nursery World

The early years community has reacted with horror to reports of a new Government scheme that involves Clarks staff helping children to develop language skills.

Parents find reading together helps children talk about their worries

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

| Nursery World

More than 700,000 Reception children will receive a free book this week, as a study finds reading helps children to open up about their feelings.

Reading test for all six-year-olds given go-ahead

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Friday, September 16, 2011

| Nursery World

The DfE has confirmed that all six-year-olds will take a phonics reading test next June.

Have your say on literacy in the early years

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

| Nursery World

The National Literacy Trust (NLT) is inviting early years practitioners to take part in its 2014 survey on early years literacy.

Child-led approach to learning to read is blamed for illiteracy

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Primary schools are 'breeding illiteracy' in children by allowing a 'child-led' approach to learning and because they are failing to use synthetic phonics repeatedly, according to the right-wing think-tank Centre for Policy Studies.

Young children make more mistakes learning new words than parents expect

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

| Nursery World

Learning new words is not always as easy for young children as parents may think, according to the results of a new study.

The Big Picture - Book bugs

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Monday, September 5, 2016

| Nursery World

Children from the Royal Mile Nursery in Edinburgh take a look at the picture books that have made it onto the shortlist for the first Bookbug Picture Book Prize.

The Big Picture - Penguin pal

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Sunday, October 2, 2016

| Nursery World

A penguin toy that featured in a little-known photo of beloved children’s author AA Milne and his son Christopher has inspired a new story celebrating the 90th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh.

Book sharing with parents fosters under-threes' communication skills

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Thursday, March 10, 2016

| Nursery World

New research, due at the end of the month, will examine the success of a programme aimed at giving early years practitioners a better understanding of how babies and toddlers’ language and literacy develops.

Teaching unions protest over phonics reading check

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Monday, June 18, 2012

| Nursery World

Teaching unions have joined forces to protest against the phonics screening check, which all six-year-olds will have to take in the next few weeks.

Gap grows between 'rich' and 'poor' in phonics check

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Friday, September 29, 2017

| Nursery World

The latest results of the phonics screening check show the gap has grown between poorer pupils and their better-off peers.

Every Reception child to be given picture book 'The Bumblebear'

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

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BookTrust, the UK’s largest children’s reading charity, will hand out 700,000 copies of the children’s picture book The Bumblebear to every Reception-aged child in England this Autumn.

Family learning courses struggle to recruit parents

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Friday, May 4, 2018

| Nursery World

Offering parents family learning sessions to support their Reception child’s learning at home might improve literacy, but getting parents to turn up regularly is hard, according to a new study.

BookTrust Cymru’s annual Big Welsh Rhyme Time returns with more bilingual rhymes

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

| Nursery World

BookTrust Cymru is encouraging families, schools and early years spaces across Wales to join in with Big Welsh Rhyme Time, a weeklong celebration of sharing bilingual rhymes, poems and songs

Rise in number of poor children 'behind in reading' at seven

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged children who are behind in the 'three Rs' at the age of seven already have their life chances determined, according to Save the Children.

Dolly Parton gives books to 5,000 more London children

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Every child born in Southwark in 2016 will be eligible to receive a free book each month until their fifth birthday, thanks to country singer Dolly Parton.

Time to talk with your chatterboxes

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Nurseries, playgroups and primary schools are being invited to register and get involved in the annual Chatterbox Challenge by I CAN, running early in 2011.

Nurseries urged to spend a day on the spoken word

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Speech and language charities call for early years settings and schools to dedicate a whole day to spoken language.

The Big Picture - on the buses

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Monday, March 4, 2019

| Nursery World

More families across Scotland will receive support with their children’s development following the expansion of the PlayTalkRead roadshow fleet.

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Dyslexia 'not caused by poor eyesight'

Practitioners want EYFS left as it is

Scotland's literacy action plan launched

Book scheme goes on with reduced funds

Parents' reading project aims to boost three-year-olds' language

Sector outraged at plans to train shop staff to support children's language

Parents find reading together helps children talk about their worries

Reading test for all six-year-olds given go-ahead

Have your say on literacy in the early years

Child-led approach to learning to read is blamed for illiteracy

Young children make more mistakes learning new words than parents expect

The Big Picture - Book bugs

The Big Picture - Penguin pal

Book sharing with parents fosters under-threes' communication skills

Teaching unions protest over phonics reading check

Gap grows between 'rich' and 'poor' in phonics check

Every Reception child to be given picture book 'The Bumblebear'

Family learning courses struggle to recruit parents

BookTrust Cymru’s annual Big Welsh Rhyme Time returns with more bilingual rhymes

Rise in number of poor children 'behind in reading' at seven

Dolly Parton gives books to 5,000 more London children

Time to talk with your chatterboxes

Nurseries urged to spend a day on the spoken word

More schools get help from reading dogs

The Big Picture - on the buses

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