Early learning and childcare and the Scottish Attainment Challenge (PDF) provides an overview of how early learning and childcare supports the aspirations of the Scottish Attainment Challenge, and practical guidance on how to improve the vocabulary of young learners. The resource links to research, practical suggestions and reflection questions.

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A presentation on supporting young children's vocabulary (PowerPoint) supports leaders and managers in early learning and childcare. It gives practical guidance for practitioners in early learning and childcare.

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The resources are in the form of slide show presentations and content is timed automatically. An arrow icon appears in the bottom right-hand corner to indicate that the user should manually move to the next slide. The presentations can be viewed in whole or in part. Research links have been provided throughout and users are encouraged to make full use of these.

Improvement questions

• In what ways does your work in ELC support the aspirations of the Scottish Attainment Challenge?

• In what ways can the poverty-related attainment gap be addressed in ELC?

• How effective is the approach in your setting to involving parents and carers in reducing the poverty-related attainment gap?