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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03Aug2010Liz Attenborough to leave the National Literacy Trust
The National Literacy Trust announces that Liz Attenborough will be leaving her role as Manager of Talk To Your Baby at the end of October, following this year’s Talk To Your Baby conference.
Posted by Farah Pasha
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03Aug2010Your baby is amazing - new resource
TTYB has created a new resource to help parents understand the importance of early communication in healthy brain development, how early communication manifests itself and the importance of babbling.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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29Jul2010Early motherly affection leads to more stress resistant adults
The BBC reports on a recently published study, which shows that high levels of motherly affection are likely to facilitate secure attachment and bonding.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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29Jul2010The Baby Room Project
Canterbury Christ Church University has spent the last year investigating what goes on in baby rooms in nurseries.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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28Jul2010New book: Early Childhood Matters
Evidence from the Effective Pre-school and Primary Education project has been published in a book, edited by Kathy Sylva et al (2010) Routledge.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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26Jul201010 reasons why play is important
Play is integral to a child's development. This article brings together TTYB's 10 reasons why play is important.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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21Jul2010The Wellbeing Project
In an article in Nursery World Mary Dickins, early years consultant, discusses the concept of wellbeing.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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20Jul2010Is 'the earlier the better' the right path forward for teaching reading?
Nursery World (8 July 2010) features an interesting opinion piece by Dr Sebastian Suggate. The piece centres on the debate around when to start teaching children to read.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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16Jul2010Children’s Communication Coalition publishes report
The new report, titled "Engaging for their futures and our society", looks at the life chances of children with speech, language and communication needs and highlights the high proportion of adults and children in the criminal justice system with such nee
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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16Jul2010Jean Gross talks about her time so far as Communication Champion
In an article for Bulletin, the official magazine of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Jean Gross discusses her goals and her work so far as the Government’s Communication Champion.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
