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Finnegan, Jerome
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Lighting Up Young Brains: How parents, carers and nurseries support children's brain development in the first five years
Lighting Up Young Brains looks at the science behind young children's brain development and its relationship to children's language development. It shows how parents, carers and early years workers can support this process- with a set of top tips for pare
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Untapped Potential: How England's nursery lottery is failing too many children
Save the Children believes that if the British government is to deliver on this aim to significantly improve social mobility in England, it must guarantee every child not just a good school place, but a good nursery place too. The evidence for this is cle
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Ready to Read: Closing the gap in early language skills so that every child in Scotland can read well
Making sure that every child leaves primary school able to read well is a crucial part of efforts to turn educational inequalities around – so that every child succeeds, regardless of their background. This is why the Read On. Get On. campaign coalition i
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Ready to Read: Northern Ireland
Ensuring that all children are reading well by the age of 11 would make a game-changing contribution to creating a fairer country. As Ready to Read explains, this can only be achieved if there is commitment to boosting the early language skills of the poo
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Ready to Read: England
Learning to read well starts early, and good early language skills are the vital stepping stone. If children do not learn to speak and listen from an early age, along with developing their understanding of the meaning of words and stories, they will strug
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Ready to Read: Closing the gap in early language skills so that every child in Wales can read well
Firm foundations in early language skills are critical to breaking the cycle of educational inequality – and to improving the wider life chances of the poorest children. This report sets out how high-quality services and support for families can help over