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Parents, early years and learning : parents as partners in the early years foundation stage ; principles into practice / Helen Wheeler and Joyce Connor, with additional material by Heather Goodwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wheeler, Helen, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Early childhood education--Parent participation--Great Britain.
- Early childhood education.
- Parent-teacher relationships--Great Britain.
- Parent-teacher relationships.
- Early childhood education--Curricula.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (140 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : National Children's Bureau, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Solidly grounded in theory and practice, this book will assist practitioners to examine their setting and enable them to embed partnership with parents into their practice.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Early Years Foundation Stage: Parents as partners; Positive Relationships; Statutory Framework; 3 Why work with parents?; What parents do is more important than who parents are; Why is the impact of home learning in theearly years so strong?; 4 What stops parental involvement in learning?; Are some parents just not interested?; Factors that impede involvement; Parents' experience of services; 5 Respectful relationships; Knowing more about families; Equal partnership; 6 Involvement at the heart of practice
- Sharing regular two-way observations and supporting learning at homeLeadership, training and evaluation; Sharing educational aims and practice; Making everyone feel welcome - reaching out; PEAL model; 7 Practice examples; Sharing observations, knowledge and practice; Under threes; Getting out and about with parents; Taking learning into homes; Involving fathers; Transition to primary school; 8 Learning from PEAL; The PEAL journey; Learning into action; 9 Next steps; Think about what your setting already does with parents; Talk to parents in your setting; Start a project, no matter how small
- Use PEAL training exercises in your settingGo on further training; Appendix 1: PEAL practice example: Home visits; Appendix 2:What does your setting do with parents already?; Appendix 3: The PEAL team; References; Resources; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613012845
- 9781283012843
- 1283012847
- 9781905818860
- 1905818866
- OCLC:
- 768771936
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