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Joining in: place as a conversational partner in young children’s talk

Guest post, Research / Leave a Comment / By / October 21, 2020

I love the way things come along at just the right moment!  Just as I started talking with Tanya Richardson about the need for language assessment and intervention to take place outdoors where children are most relaxed and ready for conversation, stimulated to verbally share thoughts by the real world they are encountering, I also …

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It’s not just what you do but also where you do it!

Environment and Design, Guest post, Research / Leave a Comment / By / October 7, 2020

I’m delighted that through the Early Childhood Outdoors blog we’ve been able to share several research studies that help to push the boundaries of how we support young children outdoors: Katie Parson and Jo Traunter’s research on parental perceptions at Hull University; Nicola Kemp and Jo Josephidou’s Where Are the Babies? study at Canterbury Christchurch …

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