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:

• 16Aug2005
  Babies tune into foreign beats

  Researchers report today that at six months, babies can detect subtle variations in complex rhythmic patterns of Balkan folk dance tunes.

  Posted by Shawna Spoor

• 12Aug2005
  Babies unwind wearing headphones

  It is not easy being born, so doctors in a Slovak hospital are offering their new arrivals an unusual stress reliever: headphones.

  Posted by Shawna Spoor

• 11Aug2005
  Baby signing - a childminder's experience

  Margaret Heath from Sheffield has been childminding for 15 years, the past five of them in partnership with her husband, Robert.

  Posted by Shawna Spoor

• 11Aug2005
  It's time to talk

  Children can learn to talk in ways that are meaningful and appropriate, say Helen Shelbourne and Dominic Wyse in an article published in Nursery World in August 2005.

  Posted by Shawna Spoor

• 11Aug2005
  It's time to talk

  Children can learn to talk in ways that are meaningful and appropriate, say Helen Shelbourne and Dominic Wyse in an article published in Nursery World in August 2005.

  Posted by Shawna Spoor

• 08Aug2005
  Unlocking speech and language

  An article written by Alison Huneke, helpline manager at the Association For All Speech Impaired Children (Afasic) on the work they do.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 27Jul2005
  Look who's talking

  Should you be teaching your baby sign language? Or is the latest child education craze a total waste of time? Lucy Atkins, mother to a non-verbal yet very communicative 14 month old, investigates...

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 01Jul2005
  Clap if you want to read

  Remarkable gains in early reading are being reported by a Glasgow east end nursery following specialist music tuition.

  Posted by Shawna Spoor

• 01Jul2005
  Fresh Start

  An article from Sure Start magazine about methods to reach teen parents.

  Posted by Edward Mather

• 23Jun2005
  New grants for early years music activities

  Early years settings in England can now apply for grants of up to £15,000 to set up music-making activities.

  Posted by Shawna Spoor