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MP named as patron of books' scheme for children in care

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Friday, October 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Alan Johnson MP is the new patron for children’s book reading club Letterbox.

Big picture: Bench marks

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Fifty unique 'BookBenches' designed by well-known artists and illustrators and inspired by books, including children's classics Peter Pan, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Lauren Child's Clarice Bean stories, have raised more than £250,000 at auction for the National Literacy Trust.

Learning & Development: Physical Development - All fine by us!

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Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Can daily sessions of focused physical activities help children develop the gross and fine motor skills they need to become confident writers? Helen Chilton reports on her school's progress.

Positive Relationships: Home learning - Get to grips

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| Nursery World

While certain activities are useful for the development of handwriting, others can hinder it - and practitioners can help by explaining the differences to parents.

England football star in bid to get more children reading

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| Nursery World

At the start of the World Cup, England midfielder Frank Lampard has teamed up with the National Literacy Trust to encourage children to take ‘reading selfies’.

Rise in number of poor children 'behind in reading' at seven

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged children who are behind in the 'three Rs' at the age of seven already have their life chances determined, according to Save the Children.

Learning & Development: CL&L - Joined-up thinking

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Friday, October 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Making authentic links between reading and talking has been helping early years practitioners and teachers to develop children's communication, language and literacy. Di Chilvers explains.

The Big Picture - Time to get wiggling

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Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

Pebbles Children's Centre in Basingstoke hosted the launch of the Giant Wiggle, a sponsored conga campaign in aid of Action for Children based on best-selling children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - Let's meet

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Friday, July 26, 2013

| Nursery World

A project from Bookstart is offering children's centre staff a way to work more closely with disadvantaged families. Ruth Thomson explains.

Learning & Development: Writing - To the letter

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Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Literacy is linked to a specific body of knowledge and skills, so practitioners should focus on helping children to acquire these essentials, says Vicky Hutchin.