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Phonics training company to run literacy centre

Thursday, June 13, 2019

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has come under fire for awarding the contract to run a centre that will train Reception teachers to teach children to read to a leading commercial phonics provider.

Exclusive: Minister unveils details of £20m early years training fund

News

Monday, June 10, 2019

| Nursery World

Children’s minister Nadhim Zahawi has expanded a range of measures to help tackle the language and literacy gap among five-year-olds in the most disadvantaged areas by training practitioners.

JM Barrie's childhood home to open as Scotland's new storytelling centre

News

Thursday, May 30, 2019

| Nursery World

A new children’s literature hub will open in the house and garden that inspired the Peter Pan author as a child.

EYFS activities: Sharing books… The Perfect Sofa

Features

Monday, May 27, 2019

| Nursery World

By Fifi Kuo (Boxer Books, 2019)

Creating A Library - Shelf life

Features

Monday, May 13, 2019

| Nursery World

How – and why – one setting created a library for two-year-olds and their parents. By Amina Khan, early childhood educator at Everton Nursery School and Family Centre in Liverpool

NLT launches 'chat, play, read' tips for parents of under-fives

News

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

| Nursery World

A new project from the National Literacy Trust aims to help parents boost their child’s language skills at home.

Language unlocks reading

Opinion

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

| Nursery World

Andrea Quincey is head of primary English at Oxford University Press, which has today published a policy report, Language unlocks reading, with the National Literacy Trust and the APPG on Literacy. This highlights the crucial link between children’s early language skills and life chances.

The Big Picture - Bear necessity

News

Friday, April 26, 2019

| Nursery World

Walker Books is giving away 10,000 copies of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the classic story.

Dialogic Reading - Let’s share

Features

Monday, April 15, 2019

| Nursery World

Dialogic reading, where the child is prompted to be the teller of the story, has been a success at LEYF, explains June O’Sullivan

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… You Can’t take an Elephant on the Bus

Features

Monday, April 15, 2019

| Nursery World

by Patricia Cleveland-Peck (Bloomsbury, 2015)

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Hat Tricks

Features

Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Penny Tassoni has ideas for sharing a book full of surprises.

Deaf charity launches story competition on World Book Day

News

Thursday, March 7, 2019

| Nursery World

The Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson and Oscar-winning actress Rachel Shenton are using World Book Day to highlight the need to include more disabilities in children’s stories.

The Big Picture - on the buses

News

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.

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

Features

Monday, February 18, 2019

| Nursery World

by Emily Gravett (Two Hoots/Pan MacMillan)

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

News

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.

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Baby Day

Features

Monday, January 21, 2019

| Nursery World

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

New award champions books for babies and under-fives

News

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

| Nursery World

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

EYFS best practice: All about… Storytelling

Features

Monday, January 7, 2019

| Nursery World

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

Features

Monday, December 10, 2018

| Nursery World

by Jan Brett (1989)

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

News

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.

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Where Bear?

Features

Monday, November 12, 2018

| Nursery World

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

New speech and language project seeks early years expertise

News

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

| Nursery World

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

News

Monday, October 15, 2018

| Nursery World

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.

Guide to: Social Mobility policies

Features

Monday, October 15, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government has recently announced a raft of initiatives targeted at closing the disadvantage gap in the early years. Hannah Crown disentangles them