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Workshops where children can explore science along with their parents will boost learning and enthusiasm all round, say Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton Perhaps second only to mathematics, science and technology are the areas of the early years curriculum that leave parents and carers most daunted and confused about how to engage in their children's learning. Much of that trepidation can be overcome through organising family workshops.

Perhaps second only to mathematics, science and technology are the areas of the early years curriculum that leave parents and carers most daunted and confused about how to engage in their children's learning. Much of that trepidation can be overcome through organising family workshops.

Workshops can raise families' and practitioners' awareness of the science and technology behind everyday objects by allowing them to play and learn alongside their young children.

By demonstrating how much enjoyment can be had from simple investigations and explorations, such workshops challenge any negative attitudes that adults may have about science and technology, often stemming from their own personal experiences at school.

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