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Be able to work with parents/carers in a way which encourages them to take an active role in their child's play, learning and development
Table of Contents
Click on the icon to the left to open an activity sheet containing tasks for you to read and complete.If you have any questions you should contact your tutor / assessor who will be able to offer guidance.
Table of Contents
Tutorial Video
Reading Materials
Laser Learning reading text: Working with parents
‘Family matters: The importance of family support for young people’s reading findings from the National Literacy Trust’s 2011 annual literacy survey’ from the National Literacy Trust
‘Building partnerships between parents and practitioners’ by Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework
‘Early Literacy: Parents play a key role’ by the PACER Center
‘Birth to 5 Matters: Non-statutory guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage’ by the Early Years Coalition
Presentation
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning
Click on the icon to the left to read this article by Dr Suzanne Zeedyk about her research into how the way a baby faces in their buggy affects literacy and learning.
Click on the icon to the left to explore the Words for Life website. Look at the resources that are available for parents, and the ideas the website has that might help you in supporting the development of children's language and communication skills.
Explore at the library and on the internet for resources that you could use to help parents, or recommend to parents, that would assist them in supporting their child’s emergent literacy. Create a resource bank for your setting.
'Help parents help their children with phonics’ by Gill Coulson and Lynn Cousins, published by Teach Early Years.
‘Helping families learn’ by Tim Kahn, published by Teach Early Years.
Extended Learning
Think And Challenge
