Nursery World - Relationships gain from early learning scheme

Parents have been getting involved in their children's learning thanks to the Early Learning Partnership Programme, aimed at disadvantaged parents whose children are at risk of learning delay.

The project was led by the Family and Parenting Institute, whose reportfound that parents who took part became more confident and aware of thefactors that influence healthy child development, creating a morepositive learning environment at home.

The report, which complements an evaluation of the project undertaken byOxford University's Department of Education in 2008 (News, 3 July 2008),draws on final reports and case studies from each of the individualprojects involved.

Mary MacLeod, chief executive of the Family and Parenting Institute,said, 'The work aimed to encourage parents to experiment with play,reading, exploring and singing to stimulate their children's learningand curiosity.

'The most exciting were the outcomes for many parents and children whohad more enjoyment and fun together, which had a knock-on effect ontheir relationships with each other.

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