Nursery rhymes will be used to improve child literacy under a multi-million pound Government effort to stop children from disadvantaged backgrounds arriving at school already behind their peers.
Ministers announced on Monday plans which will see families receive extra support to help boost children’s early language and communication skills at home before they start their formal education.
The Government has set aside £5million to fund trial projects to provide parents with practical advice to help their children learn new words with simple steps like reading, learning the alphabet and singing nursery rhymes at the heart of the scheme.
Meanwhile, an £8.5million pot of funding has been created...