News
Welcome to the Young Readers Programme news section. Here you can find all the latest news on the project. You can also seach news items using the box above.
Talk To Your Baby news stories:
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17Jan2004Talk to your baby - about books
Learning to communicate is the most important and complex skill toddlers undertake, so they need to be encouraged to talk in much the same way as they are encouraged to walk.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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16Jan2004Make-believe can make a difference
Primary teachers in East Ayrshire are ditching the emphasis on basics and turning to more play and creativity in the first year of school.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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13Jan2004Toys are simply the best
Traditional building blocks and Play-Doh are far better for children's learning than high-tech educational toys and videos, experts have revealed.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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01Nov2003The National Literacy Trust's Talk To Your Baby campaign
Talk To Your Baby background article, written by Liz Attenborough.
Posted by Edward Mather
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27Oct2003Baby signing: the view from the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Speech and Language Therapists say baby signing programmes are not necessary for most children.
Posted by Edward Mather
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25Sep2003Adapting the environment to help children with SLDs
Tips to help kids with SLDs
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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19Sep2003Communication disability - definition from I CAN
I CAN, a charity helping children with speech and language difficulties, has created a communication disability definition.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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19Sep2003Types of speech and language difficulties
Different types of Speech and learning difficulties, or SLD's
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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31Aug2003Head of Ofsted says parents have raised worst generation yet
Children are starting school less well prepared than ever because parents are failing to raise their youngsters properly, according to David Bell, the Government's chief inspector of schools.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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28Aug2003Baby signing - one mother's experience
In 1987, an American scientist, Joseph Garcia, began researching babies' sign language at the Alaska Pacific University.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
