Children's minister Dawn Primarolo said the gender gap in development between girls and boys was a 'worrying' problem.
In an interview in The Independent she said, 'There is a gap, and it is a worrying gap. What we can see is that boys, particularly on emotional development, lag behind girls.
'That emotional development is very important in language development through play before they start school and reading and writing. Although that gap between boys and girls is closing, in writing it is still quite wide.'
National Strategies is developing online resources for the EYFS and KS1 to support early writing, with case studies showing how practitioners can use role play and writing outdoors.
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