When it comes to assessing your book corner for two-year-olds, take a look at it through children's eyes and provide a feelgood experience, advises Anne O'Connor.

I work with two-year-olds. Our book corner is already an underused space in our setting and I'm concerned that this will only become worse now that Communication, Language and Literacy have been split into Prime and Specific areas under the revised EYFS. How can I convince my room leader of its importance and place in high-quality provision?

The Prime areas form the basis for learning in the Specific areas. Providing babies with a wealth of positive exposure to books and stories is an essential part of the prime experience they must have if they are to be ready to learn the more specific aspects of literacy as they grow older. You are right to be concerned about any area of your setting that is underused and to consider carefully what is the best approach for providing young children with a rich and satisfying experience of books and written material right from the beginning.

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