Charlotte is an author, teacher, educational speaker and children’s poetry editor. A teacher and teacher-trainer for over two decades, Charlotte has extensive experience of leading and teaching across the Early Years and Primary phases. Her special interests lie in the development of reading and writing, the role of phonics and the use of picturebooks and poetry to raise children’s engagement and attainment.
Building the foundations for being literate
Drawing on work and evidence from her award winning book, The Balancing Act: An evidence-based approach to teaching phonics, reading and writing and research paper The Double Helix of Reading and Writing, both co-authored with Professor Dominic Wyse, this session will explore the latest scientific evidence of what really works in teaching children to be literate in their earliest years.
Through a range of examples that can be directly drawn on in practice with young children, we will explore how to develop young children’s literacy holistically, using creative and play-based approaches, which ensure that young learners are able to develop motivation for communication, reading and writing, making sense of their learning from the start, constructing meaning from their experiences and being actively engaged in their learning. We will draw on some of the best books for very young children in the approaches explored.
