September 23, 2016
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Stories are a great way to introduce new concepts or feelings to young children, especially in Early Years (primary and nursery). Children may recognise the feelings of the main character in the story as feelings they have felt in their lives, however, young children struggle to communicate their feelings – emotion words are often learned […] Continue reading
September 17, 2016
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Reading is often an important step for children, and parents. Children are pushed through school reading books and literacy programs, sometimes losing the enjoyment they may have once had for reading and language itself. Early reading for children is not so much reading, as recognition, usually of signs, logos, and other environmental print around them. […] Continue reading
September 17, 2016
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While Chomsky believed that children are born with an innate capacity for language, other theorists such as Bruner and Vygotsky believed that language was developed in social situations, by interacting with others. This begins early on in the child’s life, talking to parents/carers and other family members, before the child then goes to school and […] Continue reading
October 3, 2015
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The Scottish Government have introduced a new way for young learners to develop another language. The 1 +2 approach aims to give the children more opportunity in future life. The approach is slowly being implemented into schools, and should be fully integrated by 2020. The number 1 language will be the child’s mother tongue, English in […] Continue reading
