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Tell the National Literacy Trust about literacy and language development in your setting for a chance to win 150 of M & S vouchers!

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

The National Literacy Trust is inviting early years and nursery professionals working to support literacy to complete a ten-minute online survey.

Scotland's literacy action plan launched

News

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.

Learning & Development: Small-world play - It's fantastic!

Features

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Play with small, fantasy figurines is an ideal way to address language impoverishment and help to meet the aims of the 'Every Child a Talker' project, says Michael Jones.

Learning & Development: Bilingualism - Talk, talk

Features

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

| Nursery World

An inclusive approach to children learning and speaking more than one language is explored by Tina Bruce, Carolyn Meggitt and Julian Grenier.

A Unique Child: Quiet Children - Time to chat

Features

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

| Nursery World

Confidence may follow from practitioners giving special attention to the children in a setting who rarely speak up for themselves. Michael Jones explains one approach.

Nursery's film goes to TV

News

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

| Nursery World

Children and nursery teachers from the foundation unit of a Nottingham primary school who won a competition to find the most innovative use for video in the classroom have got themselves a slot in a new series shown on Teachers' TV.

Learning & Development: ECAT - Stage struck

Features

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

| Nursery World

A partnership between Every Child A Talker and a community theatre company has helped parents and practitioners get more in tune with children's language development, says Sian McDermott, early years consultant teacher for Enfield Council.

EYFS Training part 9 - Communication and Language

Features

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Communication is at the basis of good practice, says Mary Evans.

Young children make more mistakes learning new words than parents expect

News

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.

Learning & Development: Language - Sign posting

Features

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Can signing help hearing children to develop language quickly? Michael Jones reports on an innovative project in Luton, helping children's oral storytelling by teaching them British Sign Language.

Learning & Development: Reading - Willing and able?

Features

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| Nursery World

'The earlier the better' when applied to young children learning to read is an orthodoxy that needs to be challenged, says Dr Sebastian Suggate.

Learning & Development: Language - Time to talk

Features

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

| Nursery World

Poor communication skills in young children are the subject of a new strategy for an education team working in partnership with a primary care trust, says Adele Hawkes.

Positive Relationships: Fathers - Dad's day

Features

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years and family events to highlight the role of fathers could be the perfect way to celebrate Father's Day, says Viv Hampshire.

Reading advice from footballers aims at whole family

News

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Families are being encouraged to share stories together by the National Literacy Trust in an extension of its successful football and literacy initiative aiming to inspire boys to read.

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to ... Reading

Features

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

| Nursery World

Everyone knows that learning to read is an essential skill, says Penny Tassoni.

Enabling Environments: Tried and Tested - Mind your language!

Review

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

| Nursery World

Products to encourage children's verbal and written communication skills are tested by early years settings, who report back to Mary Evans.

Learning & Development: Language - Attention seeking

Features

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

| Nursery World

How can practitioners sustain children's attention and involvement when they don't share a language? Michael Jones shows one way.

Learning & Development: Poetry - Time for rhyme

Features

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

| Nursery World

Children need poetry early on if they are to appreciate it throughout life. Viv Hampshire suggests some activities and books for making a start.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Wrapping

Features

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

| Nursery World

Observe how absorbed the children can become in particular schemas when you provide resources and activities suggested by Diana Lawton.

A Unique Child Inclusion: Blast off!

Features

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

| Nursery World

A unique structured therapy programme is changing the prospects of nursery children with speech and language delay. Ruth Thomson reports.

Learning and Development: Jack and the beanstalk activity - Full of beans

Features

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

| Nursery World

Kate Hart Dyke used a favourite story to take her children on a nutritious learning journey.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Wet and dry

Features

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

| Nursery World

Contrasts, and cause and effect, are just some of the concepts within the learning to be found in an investigation of 'wet' and 'dry' by Carole Skinner, Fran Mosley and Sheila Ebbutt.

Enabling Environments: music and language outdoors

Features

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

| Nursery World

Practitioners put their ears to the ground when thinking how to promote language development, as Nicola Hutton and Laura Leddy explain.

Work Matters: Training: Speech and language - Observe, wait, listen ..

Features

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

| Nursery World

A unique initiative in Wales is helping practitioners to improve the way they interact socially with children, writes Karen Faux.

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