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See also Resources
for supporting pre-school children's reading
ABC-cd: Talking animated alphabet designed to support infant
literacy. This easy-to-use CD Rom includes a range of
features to aid inclusion and support. A single user copy
of ABC-cd Special edition costs £44.95 (+VAT). Visit www.sherston.com
for further information or contact Jamie Bayliss, tel: 01666
843200, email: jbayliss@sherston.co.uk
Early Education leaflets for parents.
The British Association for Early Childhood
Education has produced the Learning Together series of guidance
leaflets for parents on all aspects of early education, including
Babies: learning starts from the first day, Toddlers
and very early learning, Helping children with their
behaviour and Questions and answers. These leaflet
will help parents of children up to age five, as well as students
and practitioners, to understand children's development, play
an active part in their learning and enjoy the children they
spend time with. Contact Early Education, 136 Cavell Street,
London E1 2JA. Tel: 020 7539 5400. All leaflets can also be
viewed/downloaded from www.early-education.org.uk
Early Learning Goals. The Government
expects five-year-olds to have achieved certain stages in
their development by the end of reception year, known as 'early
learning goals'. These include personal, social and emotional
development (forming good relationships with adults and peers,
understanding the difference between right and wrong); language
and literacy (speaking with confidence, writing simple words);
and knowledge and understanding of the world (asking questions
about why things happen and how things work). This booklet
explains these goals and what a child will be expected to
achieve. For more information on early learning goals see
Government early
years initiatives.
Contact: Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, 83 Piccadilly,
London W1Y 8QA.
The Early Learning Goals document can be viewed and downloaded
from http://www.qca.org.uk/
Early Learning Goals resource pack. Produced
by the Pre-School Learning Alliance in association with the
Early Learning Centre to provide parents and carers with resources
tailor-made to help pre-school settings to work towards the
Early Learning Goals. The pack describes the goals for each
of the six areas of learning and how pre-school provision
can help children to meet them. It also includes six accompanying
posters illustrating each area of development.
Contact: The Pre-school Mailing House, 45-49 Union Road, Croydon
CR0 2XU. Tel: 0870 603 0062.
Early Years Extra Help. Parents of children with special
educational needs can find information about the support available
in a new booklet produced by The Advisory Centre for Education.
Early Years Extra Help is a 12 page, step-by-step guide
for parents of under-fives in nursery and other early years
settings receiving public funding. The booklet interprets
difficult educational jargon, sets out the help that early
years settings should provide, and explains how to support
children's learning at home. Cost £1.50, special discounts
for bulk orders. Tel: 020 7354 8318
The Early Years Handbook
Compiled by the Curriculum Partnership and edited by Max de
Boo, this handbook covers twelve 'activities' or themes, corresponding
to the Foundation Stage Curriculum. It includes stories and
nursery rhymes. Published by NATE; ISBN: 1 84377115 2; members:
£13.99, non-members: £14.99. Contact: NATE, 50
Broadfield Road, Sheffield S8 OXJ; Tel: 01142555419; email:
natehq@btconnect.com.
The Foundation Stage at home: helping children
to achieve the Early Learning Goals, Dr Shirley Cobbald.
Guide for parents giving an explanation of the Foundation
Stage curriculum and the Early Learning Goals, and ideas for
supporting activities parents can do with their children at
home. Cost £14.99.
Contact the Foundation Stage Network on 01432 860569 or visit
www.foundationstage.net.
Imaginary Worlds - creative learning through
play. A useful starting point for creative work with children.
Cost £10.95 + £1.50 p&p per item. To order
Email: lisa.parrott@wyp.org.uk
Is your child aged 3, 4 or 5? is a free leaflet produced
by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority describing
the foundation stage and what parents can expect their children
to be learning during their pre-school years and when they
first go to school. It includes advice for what parents can
do to help. The leaflet is available in Chinese, Greek, Gujerati,
Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish and Vietnamese, in braille and on
audiotape.
Contact: QCA publications on 08700606015 ref: QCA/00622
Learn Through Play series. Series
of 8 publications by the Pre-school Learning Alliance, each
looking at a different aspect of play and giving advice on
how to present it, the role of adults and the learning opportunities
it offers children. Areas covered include language, maths,
shapes and colours, music and physical development. £2.75
each (members £1.95).
Contact the Pre-school Learning Alliance order line on 0870
603 0062 or visit www.pre-school.org.uk.
Learn Through Play cards. Cards giving
an outline to parents and other visitors of what children
are learning through particular pre-school activities. Available
in English, Urdu, Gujerati and Punjabi.
Contact: The Pre-school Mailing House, 45-49 Union Road, Croydon
CR0 2XU. Tel: 0870 603 0062.
Parental Information Point (PIP) Toolkit
Parents in three socially deprived areas have been shown
how they can help their children with school work. The National
Family and Parenting Institute funded one-off sessions for
families with five, 12 and 14-year-olds in Kirklees, Stockport
and Tower Hamlets. They were aimed particularly at parents
from ethnic-minority backgrounds and on low incomes. A kit
containing guides and materials for running parent information
sessions is available, price £39.00 plus p&p from
NFPI publications on 020 7424 3460.
Read and Write Together. A pack for parents
and children aged 3-5, produced by the Basic Skills Agency.
Cost £4.
Contact: Basic Skills Agency, Commonwealth House, 1-19 New
Oxford Street, London WC1A 1NU. Tel: 0870 600 2400. Ref: A524.
Talk To Your Baby, the National Literacy
Trust's early language campaign, lists a range of resources
to help parents support early language development, from birth
to age three. More
Top Tips for Tiny Tots is an e-learning course for parents of children up to five years old. It is based on the principles of “brain-friendly learning” and aims to provide an interactive, engaging, non-textbook approach with an emphasis on the visual, hearing and feeling elements of learning. It covers all aspects of a child’s development including emotions, intelligence, holistic and practical advice. Download the course for £10 from www.tt4tt.co.uk.
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