Involving Parents in their Children's Learning

by Margy Whalley (Author), Margy Whalley (Author)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $3.78

  'A unique guide for students, practitioners, parents, and administrators of young children who want to understand specific strategies to maximise parent involvement and collaboration' - Education Libraries 'This is an excellent book that draws extensively on the work of a children's centre that has been running for over 25 years' - SENCO Update Involving Parents in their Children's Learning is the story of the pioneering work of the Pen Green Centre for children and families. Showing how early years practitioners can collaborate effectively with parents, the book includes case studies of parents and children who have attended the centre, studies which chart developments in learning for both children and parents. The book will inspire early years practitioners and offer them practical advice on ways of developing effective work with parents. Drawing on their work at the renowned Pen Green Centre, the authors show how to: o support parents as their child's first educator o provide practical and psychological support to parents o involve fathers and male carers o share important child development concepts o support and extend children's learning o reach out to hard-to-reach parents. This New Edition follows up on the stories of people featured in the first edition, showing how they have progressed over the last few years. It also includes new chapters covering the headteacher's role in developing parental involvement programmes, how the Pen Green model has been applied in primary schools, and the use of parental diaries. The book is essential reading for students on early years courses (BA, FdA, B.Ed), as well as practising early years professionals and senior management teams in primary schools.

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  Paperback
  2000

  $3.25

  'I've used this book so much for much for my university work. I would seriously recommend it to anyone who has an essay about partnership with parents. I would also recommend this book to anyone who works with children in schools or nurseries. It left me wanting to engage more with the parents I work with in my school. Just a really good read about working with and engaging parents' - Amazon Review 'This book is a comprehensive look at how the Pen Green Centre in Corby, works with and includes parents as partners and stakeholders. With chapters such as hard-to-reach parents and fathers are parents too ...this book is invaluable to not only students' research but also practitioners and management of child care centres too. An excellent staff training tool, this book shows how the ethos of the Corby centre has shaped and moulded the centre into the success it is today' - Amazon Review This book shows how early years practitioners can develop a worthwhile collaboration with parents.Drawing on their work with the parents and community at the renowned Pen Green Centre, the authors show: how to support parents as their child's first educator; how to provide practical and psychological support to parents; how to involve fathers and male carers; how to share important child development concepts; and how to support and extend children's learning; how to reach out to hard-to-reach parents. The book shows how, by documenting their own practice, staff in early years settings can develop new understandings and become more reflexive practitioners. It will essential reading for early years practitioners and students who wish to understand how to engage parents in their children's learning.