Nursery World - To the point - Engaging with parents

It's good news for the sector that early years work is one of the three priority areas for the Department for Education under the new coalition Government.

But a challenge for early years will be to deliver more for children and families within ever-shrinking budgets.

Traditionally, staff in childcare settings have focused their attention on the children in their care rather than on children and their parents generally. The review of the EYFS is a golden opportunity to make sure that engaging with parents is expanded from just a box-ticking exercise and that the sector makes best use of all the strategies at its disposal, from involving families in policy-making to enabling parents to learn English and ICT skills.

In collaboration with the Campaign for Learning, we are bringing out a new study at the end of 2010 into the most effective ways for practitioners to help families give their child the best start in early home learning. The research will generate examples of best practice that can be shared more widely.

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