EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Bear and Hare: Mine!

18 February 2019 | by Penny Tassoni

by Emily Gravett (Two Hoots/Pan MacMillan)

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

07 February 2019 | by Meredith Jones Russell

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.

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Baby Day

21 January 2019 | by Penny Tassoni

Penny Tassoni has ideas for reading Baby Day with the youngest children

New award champions books for babies and under-fives

16 January 2019 | by Meredith Jones Russell

A new book prize for the early years has been launched.

EYFS best practice: All about… Storytelling

07 January 2019 | by Mary Medlicott

Stories are especially important in the early years, explains Mary Medlicott, who offers advice on how to be an effective storyteller to groups of young children

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… The Mitten

10 December 2018 | by Penny Tassoni

by Jan Brett (1989)

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

15 November 2018 | by Meredith Jones Russell

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

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Where Bear?

12 November 2018 | by Penny Tassoni

Penny Tassoni has ideas for sharing Where Bear? by Sophy Henn

New speech and language project seeks early years expertise

24 October 2018 | by Hannah Crown

A speech and language therapy service is looking for early years settings to be part of a pilot training project involving virtual reality.

Focus on phonics criticised in new survey

15 October 2018 | by Annette Rawstrone

The majority of head teachers, teachers and parents disagree with the Government’s policy of prioritising synthetic phonics over other approaches to teaching children to read, according to a new survey.