Early Years Literacy offers advice and information designed to enhance and improve early years literacy.

Joined May 2014
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“Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful...learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage” - R Dahl
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.@educationgovuk: Teachers should continue to emphasise pupils' enjoyment and understanding of language ow.ly/yHUS2

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Find out which books won the top prize at the Booktrust Awards nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-w…

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It's never too early to share a love of books, so check out our useful video '5 Great Books For Babies' on YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=4DPyx8ri…

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"Reading gives us somewhere to go when we have to stay where we are" - Mason Cooley
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Our 'Awesome Author' of the month is @JezAlborough! Check out our video about him and his wonderful work youtube.com/watch?v=4GCjxbxo…

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“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child” - Dr Seuss
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.@booksabouttown Some of the fabulous book benches that will be scattered across London. Book bench crawl anyone?😀
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“The most important thing in communication is to hear what’s not being said” - Peter Drucker
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If you're looking for recommended books to share with young children, check out our '5 Great Books' video series youtu.be/NxPJxS9dPeY

“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them” - James A. Baldwin
“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader” - Margaret Fuller
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“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice” - Peggy O’Mara
If you're looking for recommended books to share with young children, check out our '5 Great Books' video series youtu.be/NxPJxS9dPeY

Leading educationalists argue that the Year 1 phonics check 'creates more problems than it solves' @tes news.tes.co.uk/b/opinion/201…

“Children are like wet cement: whatever falls on them makes an impression” - Dr Hiam Ginnot
Check out our new video series '5 Great Books' on YouTube! The first is all about books that rhyme youtu.be/NxPJxS9dPeY

“Children are not things to be moulded, but people to be unfolded” - Jenny Lair
New policy from US Academy of Paediatricians recommends reading aloud to babies every day ow.ly/yoG4J @NYTimes @ReadingRockets

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Food banks in London are now starting to hand out children’s books too bit.ly/1nZv9z9
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