Literacy

Children use the ground outside as a large-scale canvas PHOTO Claire Martin
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Mark making part 2: Link projects to your curriculum

Activities
It's down to adults to make the experience of being read to an engaging one.
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Essential Resources: Maximise opportunities for literacy

Activities
The whiteboard table is a particularly popular resource
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Mark making part 1: Scribble masterpieces

Activities
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Why phonics is more than just learning to read (and write)

Literacy
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Child Development
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic School takes part in BookTrust's annual Pyjamarama event PHOTO BookTrust
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Pyjamarama returns to make sure no child misses out on their bedtime story

Inclusion
For the first time, childminders will be able to take part in training that will be evaluated by the EEF PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Childminders and early years settings offered DfE-funded training to boost language and numeracy

Provision
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EYFS Best Practice: Observation – supporting wider learning

Practice
Resources that enable role play in turn encourage children to expand their vocabulary
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Essential Resources: C&L 2 – playful talk

Practice
The EEF has published a set of evaluations of the DfE Funded NELI programme
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Covid recovery programme found to benefit children's language skills

Research
The EEF says that 'interactive reading' can help boost children's language development by up to seven months, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Interactive reading found to boost early language development by seven months

Research
More than 25,000 children in Wales are taking part in this year's Big Welsh Rhyme Time week © BookTrust Cymru
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BookTrust Cymru’s annual Big Welsh Rhyme Time returns with more bilingual rhymes

Resources
The content has been designed to be accessible for all practitioners.
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CPD: Using the Early Years Library to support children's learning and development

Management
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Profile - Rhyme writer Julia Donaldson

Practice
Children and an adult scribe their stories
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Essential Resources: Equip to reflect the pedagogy of Vivian Gussin Paley

Practice
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