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:
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24Mar2005Talk back
One human organ that scientists still know little about is the brain. But thanks to new technology, recent research has enabled neuroscientists to re-evaluate how the brain works.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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10Mar2005The benefits of baby massage
A ten-minute massage, two or three times a week helps create a more confident mother-infant relationship, babies love it and it can help alleviate baby ailments too.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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01Mar2005The show must go on
Don't panic if your pre-schooler is a seasoned TV channel surfer - as Eileen Hayes points out, there can be real benefits to watching the box.
Posted by Edward Mather
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01Mar2005Too Much, Too Late: Life chances and spending on education and training
A report written by Vidhya Alakeson and published by the Social Market Foundationfrom looking at investment in early education.
Posted by Edward Mather
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24Feb2005Mind your language
Professor Nigel Hall's team have drawn upon general research, literature relating to specific communication difficulties and the excellent practice in many early years settings to develop some key learning principles that apply to the ways in which childr
Posted by Edward Mather
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01Jan2005Give 'em the gift of the gab
Article from Prima Baby magazine giving talking tips to parents.
Posted by Edward Mather
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01Nov2004Baby signing: the view from the sceptics
An article written by a sceptic of baby signing.
Posted by Edward Mather
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01Nov2004
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01Nov2004Supporting and celebrating the achievement of bilingual under-fives
Many children in our preschools come from families where languages in addition to English are spoken at home. Over the past ten years or so it has become increasingly recognised that being bilingual is an asset, not the learning difficulty it was often se
Posted by Edward Mather
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21Oct2004On the box - is television good or bad for children?
There can be no doubt that watching television is a fixed part of most families' daily lives, but do we know what impact this has on the youngest members of the household? Television is blamed for many of the ills in our society, yet perhaps it holds some
Posted by Edward Mather
