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Phonics urged as remedy for early literacy delay

    News
  • Tuesday, January 25, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Phonics should be taught by all early years providers and schools and children's progress in developing phonic knowledge and skills should be regularly assessed, according to a new report from Ofsted.

Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

    News
  • Tuesday, January 4, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Education secretary Michael Gove has partly reversed the Government's decision to axe the 13m grant for programmes which provide free books for babies and children, after the move was slammed by writers including the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and children's author Philip Pullman.

Talking Tents are a winner

    News
  • Tuesday, January 4, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Encouraging a love of language, stories and reading among pre-school children and their families has won a Norwich nursery a National Literacy Trust award.

Time to talk with your chatterboxes

    News
  • 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.

Funny books awards

    News
  • Tuesday, November 23, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates, (pictured), is the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2010 for books for children from birth to six.

Ofsted backs phonics teaching plan

    News
  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Phonics is an 'indispensable tool' that should be used to teach children how to read by age six, according to a new report by Ofsted.

In My View - Snuggle up and read

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 2, 2010
    • | Nursery World
There is no doubt the ability to read is crucial if our children are to make a success of their lives. There can be few better ways to improve a child's chances at school, and beyond, than to instil in them a love of reading.

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.

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