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:

• 18Nov2009
  Development wheel charts care for parents

  Parents are being guided through the different stages of a child's development with the help of a printed device designed by early years practitioners for the London local authority of Harrow.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 06Nov2009
  Study claims newborn babies cry in their mother tongue

  Research carried out in Germany has suggested that newborn babies mimic the intonation of their native tongue when they cry, indicating that they begin to pick up the first elements of language in the womb.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 22Oct2009
  NCB to study childminding practice

  Earlier this month, the National Children's Bureau launched its research study into childminding practice in the 21st century. With participation from the National Childminding Association, the 18-month project will seek to answer key questions around chi

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 21Oct2009
  Research report suggests that over-threes who use dummies are 'at risk of speech problems'

  A recent report led by Clarita Barbosa, of the University of Washington, has found that children who still use dummies after the age of three risk speech problems.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 20Oct2009
  Bonding and massage

  Quality time with children can often be affected by hectic lifestyles but infant massage, an age old tradition, is simple, free, can be administered almost anywhere and has a host of emotional and physical benefits for both parents and their baby.

  Posted by Shawna Spoor

• 28Sep2009
  From birth, engage your child with talk

  Jane Brody writes in the New York Times about the importance of communicating to babies all the time, and lists some easy techniques to use.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 25Sep2009
  Scottish Government launches new Play, Talk, Read campaign

  Scotland's Education Secretary, Fiona Hyslop, has kick-started a nationwide parenting campaign with TV and radio adverts as well as a new one-stop website for parents of young children.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 23Sep2009
  Family Nurse Partnership improving outcomes for vulnerable families

  Second-year report from the University of London, Birkbeck shows the impact that the FNP programme has had on some of the most vulnerable babies and families in society.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 19Sep2009
  Problem solved - advice column answering a mother's question about what language to speak at home

  A London mother sent a letter to the Guardian's advice columnist Annalisa Barbieri, asking for advice about her soon-to-be-born baby's language development in a bilingual household.

  Posted by Shawna Spoor

• 15Sep2009
  Place to Talk

  Find out more information about childrens learning environment by reading Elizabeth Jarman's books, compiled in Place to Talk, which specifically is focused on the development of speaking and learning skills.

  Posted by Shawna Spoor