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:

• 01Aug2009
  How can I...fix my toddler's TV addiction?

  News story about one mother's attempt to wean her child off television.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 16Jul2009
  Twins' mothers 'need more advice'

  Two thirds of parents of twins and multiple births are being denied access to vital birth advice, BBC News reports.

  Posted by Shawna Spoor

• 14Jul2009
  Under-fives get a say on budgets

  Under-fives have influenced council spending on early years services, an evaluation of the Young Children's Voices Networks has revealed, reports Children & Young People Now.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 13Jul2009
  Children want more time outdoors, poll finds

  More than a third of children spend less than an hour outside each day, The Guardian reports. According to the National Trust's survey, eight out of 10 youngsters feel they spend too much time indoors, watching television or playing computer games.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 09Jul2009
  Speech and language services get £5m improvement fund

  Children's Secretary Ed Balls and Care Services Minister Phil Hope have announced £5m funding to improve services for children and young people with communication problems, Children & Young People Now reports.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 08Jul2009
  'Cool it' on early years, say Tories

  Reversing the decline in numbers of childminders would be a priority under Conservative leadership, while early years education would take a back seat, according to Shadow Universities Secretary David Willetts.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 02Jul2009
  Big Brother untangles baby babble

  BBC News reports on a rather extraordinary new research project in progress at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 01Jul2009
  Children's radio: a vital medium

  Broadcaster and campaigner Susan Stranks says a new public service radio network for young listeners is necessary to support a Sound Start in life for children, reports the RCSLT Bulletin.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 01Jul2009
  Leap of Faith

  A new project that brings creative play into early years settings is helping to fire young imaginations

  Posted by Shawna Spoor

• 27Jun2009
  The role of environment in child development is crucial

  Oliver James writes that the environment in which babies are cared for has a greater influence on child temperament than their genetic disposition.

  Posted by Edward Mather