Nursery World - High marks for children in parenting programme

A six-year evaluation of the Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP) has found that children who take part in the project have higher levels of self-esteem and make greater progress in cognitive development. PEEP is an early years intervention programme which aims to increase parents' involvement in their children's learning. Established in Blackbird Leys and neighbouring estates in south Oxford in 1995, it was primarily a literacy programme, but has since expanded to encompass numeracy, self-esteem and readiness to learn.

PEEP is an early years intervention programme which aims to increase parents' involvement in their children's learning. Established in Blackbird Leys and neighbouring estates in south Oxford in 1995, it was primarily a literacy programme, but has since expanded to encompass numeracy, self-esteem and readiness to learn.

The Birth to Schools Study investigated the effects of PEEP on parents and children by comparing them with families from another area of Oxford that had similar poverty levels.

Researchers found that PEEP parents had a significantly enhanced view of their parent-child interaction when the children were one year old, and PEEP parents were also rated higher in the quality of their care-giving environment.

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