Everything an early years practitioner might want to know about the Scottish Executive's initiatives to raise standards in literacy and numeracy is now collected in a series of comprehensive documents...
Primary schools will be expected to continue with literacy and numeracy hours, in plans outlined in the Government's education White Paper.
<P> Teaching under the National Literacy Strategy inhibits the development of children's oral skills, according to research by Linda Hargreaves, with Eve English and Jane Hislam </P>
Emotional Literacy has been identified as key to a child's development. But what is it, why is it so important in the early years and what can practitioners do to nurture it? asks Yasmin Mukadam.
Nancy Stewart explains the changes to Literacy in the revised framework
A multi-strand literacy programme with early years phonics teaching at its core has eradicated illiteracy among schoolchildren in one local authority area in Scotland, according to the final results...
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.
How do you support language development? Take part in our survey and you could win free membership of the National Literacy Trust's Early Years Network.
The National Literacy Trust is gifting 25 free memberships to early years settings and schools as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations.
An OECD study has found a link between five-year-olds’ use of digital devices and early literacy and working memory.