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Dialogic Reading - Let’s share

Monday, April 15, 2019

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

Learning & Development: Literacy - Just imagine

Features

Monday, October 17, 2016

How Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, now more than 20 years old, is still encouraging children and families to read. By Annette Rawstrone

Teaching assistants boost children's speaking abilities

News

Friday, February 26, 2016

Teaching assistants working with small groups of young children struggling to talk have successfully improved their language skills by several months.

Funny books awards

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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.

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

Features

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

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.

A Unique Child: Quiet Children - Time to chat

Features

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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.

Talking Tents are a winner

News

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

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.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Design & technology

Features

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Using simple tools with simple rules will reward children with a wealth of learning and skills development, says early years consultant Linda Pound.

Nursery Equipment: The Baby Room - Right on cue

Features

Thursday, May 16, 2013

The baby room environment can play a key role in helping babies to communicate. Nicole Weinstein explains how to balance interactive resources with quiet space.

Nursery Equipment: Book corner - Shelf life

Features

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Creating a book corner gives children a dedicated space for reading and promotes language learning. Jean Evans explains.

'Reading for pleasure' key to turning boys into readers

News

Monday, July 9, 2012

Male reading volunteers in schools and parenting programmes that focus on fathers are among the recommendations of a major report into how to tackle the gap between boys and girls in reading.

Boris Johnson and Peter Andre launch under-fives reading scheme

News

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The London Mayor and singer Peter Andre have launched a new literacy project to support three-to-five-year-olds in the capital.

Learning & Development: Communication - Part 5 - Think twice

Features

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Let the home language into the nursery for children communicating bilingually, says Helen Moylett

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces... Book corner

Features

Friday, May 11, 2012

When it comes to assessing your book corner for two-year-olds, take a look at it through children's eyes and provide a feelgood experience, advises Anne O'Connor.

Heads threaten to boycott phonics reading check

News

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Head teachers have threatened to put an end to the phonics reading check for all six-year-olds, if it is seen to be politically motivated and used as a weapon to attack teachers.

Areas of Learning and Development: Specific area: Literacy

Features

Friday, April 27, 2012

Nancy Stewart explains the changes to Literacy in the revised framework

Enabling Environments - Visits & Visitors: Part 6 - Art of discovery

Features

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The surprising delights of visiting an outdoor exhibition and creating art from the inspiration back at nursery are explored by Tessa Fenoughty.

Learning & Development: Music - In tune

Features

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Music for babies and toddlers, by Anna Corballis Fry

Learning & Development: Picture Books - Happy endings

Features

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Children's laureate Anthony Browne talks to Annette Rawstrone about what inspires him and why we need to spend time just looking with children.

Learning & Development: Blogging - 21st century literacy

Features

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

These days the nursery teddy bears are more likely to be writing blogs than going down to the woods, say Asma Parveen and Jackie Marsh.

Learning & Development: Resources for under-threes - Picture this!

Features

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Snuggle up with a homemade book to lay firm foundations for reading, says Claire Stevenson.

A unique child inclusion: Creative thinking

Features

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

An early years project aiming to promote inclusion through the creative arts challenged everyone's thinking. Louise Jackson explains how.

Positive relationships: Key people - part 3 - Good relations

Features

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Strategies to engage the third partner in the key person approach - the parent - as a child enters and settles in to nursery are explained in our continuing series on key caring by Anne O'Connor

Learning & Development: ICT - Lights, sound, action

Features

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Making their own films helps young children to develop a wealth of skills, as Melanie Defries hears.

Positive relationships: All about ... Childhood friendships

Features

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Children go through recognisable developmental stages in their ability to make friends, which nursery life can foster, writes Philip Erwin

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