Speaking and communicating are so fundamental to young children's learning that funding for sufficient trained speech and language practitioners, as well as training and support for all early years practitioners, can only be money well spent. Raising the bar for the Early Years Foundation Stage early learning goal on linking sounds and letters is not the answer (see Letters, page 30).
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Finally, we've included a great wallchart from Dot to Dot so you can start planning for next year, and we've also got ten early years French packs to give away in our reader offer (page 7).
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