New guidance on preparing for literacy

New guidance on preparing for literacy
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) in the UK has published its latest guidance report, Preparing for Literacy, which reviews the best available research to offer early childhood educators practical "do's and don'ts" to make sure all children start school with the foundations they need to read and write well.
 
The report considers how a wide range of different activities - like singing, storytelling, and nursery rhymes - can help to develop children's early reading. It offers seven recommendations designed to support early childhood educators to improve the communication, language, and early literacy skills of all their students - particularly those from disadvantaged homes. Previous analysis by the EEF found there was already a 4.3 month gap between poorer students and their classmates before school starts.
 
One of the recommendations focuses on parental engagement and the importance of supporting parents to understand how they can help in their child's learning. It suggests that shared reading should be a central component for helping children to learn new words. The report also highlights the importance of high-quality interactions between adults and children to develop their communication and language skills. For example, early childhood educators should make sure they talk with children, not just to them.

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