Literacy news

Literacy news covers the latest news from the media and other sources, as well as updates on NLT activity. The most recent headlines are listed below and you can browse archived news by moving through the page numbers at the bottom of the page.

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Talk To Your Baby news stories:

• 20Mar2010
  NCMA launches a manifesto for home-based childcare

  The National Childminding Association (NCMA) has launched their manifesto for the 2010 general election; in it, they are calling on the next UK Government to support home-based childcare and ensure all families and local communities have a wide choice in

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 16Mar2010
  Families to be given personal introduction to Sure Start for advice during pregnancy and beyond

  As part of new plans announced in their maternity and early years review, the Government has promised to support families by offering all parents-to-be their own personal Sure Start contact.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 14Mar2010
  How sign language helps babies build word power

  New research has revealed that mothers who use hand gestures based on sign language can dramatically improve their baby’s vocabulary.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 12Mar2010
  Talk To Your Baby Quick Tips now available in Somali

  Thanks to kind sponsorship from the Hillbrook Centre for Children and Families, all eight of the Talk To Your Baby Quick Tip sheets are now available in Somali.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 11Mar2010
  A parent's guide to...speech

  A guide written by Penny Tassoni for Nursery World magazine about how parents can encourage their child's speech, inludes top tips and a case study.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 11Mar2010
  All-party group to champion Sure Start Children’s Centres

  An all-party group of MPs has been launched to champion the work of Sure Start Children's Centres within Parliament.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 03Mar2010
  One in three families uses grandparents for childcare

  A third of families rely on grandparents to provide childcare, according to a damning report on the effect of high childcare costs on older relatives.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 03Mar2010
  Think tank warns of ‘nursery NEETs’

  According to a recent study of 15,000 children, conducted by think-tank Demos found that more than one in ten (11.5%) five-year-olds are at risk of disengaging from education when they start school. This is because they begin school without the behavioura

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 28Feb2010
  New Talk To Your Baby webpages

  Today we launch the new Talk To Your Baby webpages! Some things will have changed but hopefully they will have changed for the better. Find out more about the changes in this article.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 24Feb2010
  Formal childcare boosts Foundation Stage Profile scores

  Children who attend formal childcare before the age of three do better at the end of the reception year than those who do not attend a nursery or are looked after by a childminder, a new study suggests.

  Posted by Edward Mather