The project trains early years staff to share knowledge with families about how to build their skills and confidence so they can support their child in learning literacy skills from a young age.
More than half of the early years staff that took part in Making it REAL (Raising EArly Achievement in Literacy) reported a notable improvement in children’s literacy activity. Fifty-three per cent of practitioners reported an increase in the number of children singing rhymes and songs while 55 per cent noted children in their care becoming more engaged in mark-making.
Joyce Connor, programme director for early years at the National Children’s Bureau, said that parents are the most important educators in a young child’s life.
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