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What next for literacy project Making it REAL? Joyce Connor, from
the National Children's Bureau's Early Childhood Unit, looks at how the
training has been enhanced for two-year-olds.

In November 2012, Making it REAL (Raising Early Achievement in Literacy) received the Children & Young People Now Early Years Award for its Big Lottery-funded work in Sheffield and Oldham. But over a year on, what has happened to the innovative early literacy programme? In particular, how is the project now meeting the literacy development needs of two-year-olds?

Based on the work of Professors Cathy Nutbrown and Peter Hannon at the University of Sheffield, Making it REAL is intended to equip early years practitioners with knowledge about early literacy development, that they can then hand over to parents. It is delivered by the National Children's Bureau (NCB) in conjunction with the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years, Pre-school Learning Alliance, and National Day Nurseries Association.

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