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Encouraging fathers to play a more active role in life at nursery is resulting in happier children with more self-esteem, one setting in north London tells Nicole Weinstein
Lynn Kennington, the head of Gamesley Pre-School Centre in North Derbyshire, is forthright about her priorities. 'Parents are at the forefront of our thinking. They are the child's first educators,'...
Parents are essential partners in the process of developing children as citizens. It can be a challenging, and at times exhausting, task to support and encourage children to become independent,...
Literacy takes many forms in children's lives and we should reflect before we dismiss what they enjoy at home in favour of what we offer in the nursery, argues Helen Bromley.
Norfolk's Story Cafe programme is proving a hugely effective way of engaging parents in their children's learning. Programme developers Julie Westrop and Mandy Lowe and teacher Nicky Hudson offer some...
Involving parents in their children's learning is the single most important factor in improving outcomes for children in less advantaged families. Kate Hayward, assistant director of Pen Green...
The pandemic has heightened parents’ anxieties and caused disruption to children’s routines. Katy Morton finds out how settings are helping families to deal with change
The benefits of messy play are well known to practitioners, but many parents are still wary of it for a number of reasons, reports Julie Mountain, who carried out a survey on the subject
Spotting when parents are struggling with literacy, and supporting their needs, are key to ensuring families are engaged in their children’s learning. By Annette Rawstrone
It’s important to get parents to support their children’s schematic behaviour, explains Helen Petrie