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Research linking them with preventing cot death has put the use of babies' dummies back under scrutiny. Annette Rawstrone hears both sides of the debate.
Dramatising a story can help children to express emotions and structure a narrative, says Helen Bilton.
The Children's Workforce Development Council is supporting the awarding body Edexcel in the development of a new Level 3 qualification for younger learners.
A child's communication begins at home, and early years practitioners need to promote it there and in partnership with the nursery, as Helen Moylett explains.
There are important differences in the adult role when supporting child-led, rather than adult-led, learning, as Julie Fisher demonstrates.
Children speaking different languages, or very little at all, learn to communicate happily at a nursery visited by Annette Rawstrone.
Contrasts between early years provision in different countries can help us reflect on whether education is for teaching children readiness for life, argue David Whitebread and Sue Bingham.
Children at two are not 'ready' for reading, says Sally Goddard Blythe. They don't have the physical equipment for learning formal skills.
The impact of ECaT on children's language development is evident in a project being run in a number of Hampshire settings.