The national literacy hour is not giving children opportunities to learn how to speak and think for themselves, according to an academic study. Researchers from Durham and Leicester Universities have...
Controversy over when reading and writing should be taught could persist under the revised framework.Jan Dubiel, national development manager for Early Excellence, reviews the essential principles.
A storytelling programme can help reduce the literacy gap between girls and boys, according to new research.
Cut out and photocopy Some parents believe that putting a child on a reading scheme as soon as possible will mean that they will do better at school later on - but this is not the case. In fact,...
WINNER: The Alien: Launch into Literacy, Philip & Tacey
Effective literacy teaching involves much more than synthetic phonics, explains Annette Rawstrone
Professor Siraj-Blatchford says, 'Artificially "teaching" synthetic phonics in large groups of four-year-olds will ultimately be anti-literacy development' (News, 6 April). Surely this is what is...
Early years practitioners are invited to take part in the National Literacy Trusts survey on supporting childrens language.
How the early learning goals for Communication, Language and Literacy should be revised. By Professors Chris Pascal and Tony Bertram, and Kathryn Peckham
What training is available to help practitioners support children’s early literacy? Charlotte Goddard reports