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The speech and language charity I CAN is changing its name to reach more of the almost one in five children in the UK who have challenges with talking and understanding words.
Principles * Providing time and opportunities to develop spoken language through conversations between children and adults, both one-to-one and in small groups (p44)
In the national year of communication, research by Nursery World and the National Literacy Trust shows the early years sector to be highly motivated, but in need of more support.
Principles * Providing opportunities for children to communicate thoughts, ideas and feelings and build up relationships with adults and each other (p44)
Even very young children can recognise signs and labels and nurseries can build on this 'real life' reading. Jane Drake suggests ideas for developing early literacy skills
The National Literacy Trust is inviting early years and nursery professionals working to support literacy to complete a ten-minute online survey.
Literacy To develop children's communication, language and literacy skills, practitioners can provide:
It is vital that children with speech and language difficulties are spotted before they start school, the independent review into speech and language services has found.