“No dad,” sighed my five year old last night with weary impatience at having to explain such trivial things to her parent, “that’s a trigraph in ‘high’.” Our daughter is now clearly initiated into her
Seminars, News, Events & Blog - Book reading

It’s that time of year again, the start of a new school term and inevitable meetings with teachers or curriculum information evenings. My own son transitioned to high school this September so I found…

This week we published the latest in a series of articles on shared reading in the early years, funded by the ESRC. For me, this work illustrates a crucial point: it is not easy, nor simple nor cheap…

Read our findings from a randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of the Story Starters volunteer-led book reading intervention in boosting children’s language development.

Dr Claire Noble (University of Liverpool) will give the final seminar of the 2017/18 series, on the role of shared book reading in language development. The seminar will take place at the University…

In a NEW evidence briefing, researchers from the University of Liverpool explore the most significant barriers to parental participation in programmes to boost child development according to recent an