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How reading together can help school starters

How reading together can help school starters

Many of us may have the idea that ‘school readiness’ means that a child has been taught skills such as getting dressed,...

3 min

Introducing Story Talk

Introducing Story Talk

In 2001, newly returned from Zimbabwe with a one-year-old in tow I began a job that would challenge everything I knew about teaching. <span class="NormalTextRun...

6 min

The Role of Wordless Picture Books in Early Years

The Role of Wordless Picture Books in Early Years

Picture books are often a child’s earliest introduction to storytelling, their first experience of accessing worlds different to their own, of exploring imagination.

4 min