Now part of the Early Years Foundation Stage, Birth to Threes continues to provide a vital focus for ongoing professional development.
A pilot online training programme building nursery practitioner confidence with children’s language needs is being extended to childminders. Sue Owen looks at what it offers
SPONSORED FEATURE Widgit symbols can enhance children’s communication skills and their confidence to become independent learners. They are also a great way to boost overall wellbeing, says Sue White.
A 'language-rich' environment both at home and in the nursery is vital if a child is to progress easily through the many stages of early speech development. In the first of a series on communication...
Speech and language strategy Time to Talk is improving children’s communication skills in Warwickshire, finds Annette Rawstrone
Understanding and promoting children's communication skills is a compulsory part of the new Level 3 diploma, says Mary Evans
Practitioners should aim to give children the best possible chance for meaningful communication and language learning, advises Kay Mathieson.
To create a communication rich environment for their charges, Norland Nursery staff studied their own communication patterns. By Clare Crowther
Now part of the Early Years Foundation Stage, Birth to Threes continues to provide a vital focus for ongoing professional development.
How the early learning goals for Communication, Language and Literacy should be revised. By Professors Chris Pascal and Tony Bertram, and Kathryn Peckham
