Anne Ayre, speech & language therapist, Director of Clickety Early Language and Literacy CIC and @ClicketyBooks creating award-winning books & resources.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
A shocking rise in speech and language challenges!
Today, we launch our new report, Listening to unheard children. 1.9 million children are now struggling with talking and understanding words.
Read our report👇
https://t.co/J4x75mYzs3
#UnheardChildren
🧵 We need a strong united voice to ensure all political parties commit to early education and childcare reform.
The EECC, fully launching on September 7, brings together 30 high profile organisations to strive to keep these issues high on the political agenda. 1/2
The sector has welcomed Treasury plans to increase funding for childcare by £4 billion, but experts have warned ‘the devil is in the detail’, amid nurseries closing due to the ongoing underfunding and recruitment crisis. https://t.co/5AL9hu0mLw
Over 1,000 teachers that were surveyed on behalf of education organisation Kindred2, reported that 46 per cent of children in their Reception classes were not developmentally 'school ready'. https://t.co/d2PECdjOBa
Three settings that are part of academy school groups explain their ethos and the thinking behind their curriculum and practice. Charlotte Goddard reports https://t.co/LgOsp3cwuU
Did you know that we offer small grants (up to £5k) for #earlyyears educators interested in carrying out an action research project (with help from a mentor). A chance to create a research project which reflects your community, your interests & experience: https://t.co/4zLaJZz1yV
Today's briefings from @Ofstednews show the continued impact of the pandemic on children's communication and language, identification of need, and access to support.
https://t.co/jdrbyYeGIq
📢Are you having difficulties with staff and child absence? - get involved by filling in our 4 question survey referenced & linked ⬇️⬇️
We can use your responses to lobby the Government to support the sector!
You can also visit https://t.co/4rz4bk0EZN
https://t.co/pcH4gGALHO
It's UK Disability History Month. Use this book list to find books that can be shared with early years children and raise awareness of disability in your setting https://t.co/3tzyeKHLV0
We love the Early Soundplay books from @ClicketyBooks for supporting children learn speech sounds. These books are heading to a language unit in Wales this week. #slcn#speechtherapy
We love the Early Soundplay books from @ClicketyBooks for supporting children learn speech sounds. These books are heading to a language unit in Wales this week. #slcn#speechtherapy
@slcnstories@ClicketyBooks Thank you for such lovely feedback 🙏 We're delighted our books are heading to a language unit and we hope they love them too 💙
Our research shows that home learning environments are crucial for supporting children’s reading, writing, listening, and mental wellbeing. To discover the best #WordsForLife activities to try with your little ones, visit the @AwesomeBooksUK blog: https://t.co/boaI7IWNUI #ILD21