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Supporting Your Child's Learning
Parents
Centre
Information and support for parents on how to help with your child’s
learning
Sign
with Your Baby
Information about a programme that was developed to help parents facilitate
the development of their child’s early language and communication
skills through the use of sign language
Education
Otherwise
Support and information for families who wish to educate their children
outside of school
Bookmark
This resource offers
advice, information and ‘sign-posting’ on the subject of reading
difficulties, learning disabilities and books which are relevant to different
impairments / disability issues.
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The
Department for Children, Schools and Families
All aspects of education
Birth
to Three Matters
Aims to help practitioners support children in their earliest years by providing
information on the government’s framework, Birth to Three Matters
Every
Child Matters
Information on Every Child Matters, the government’s framework of
change to improve outcomes for all children and young people
Office
for Standards in Education (Ofsted)
Information for childcare and early education providers and reports to view
Surestart
The government programme to deliver the best start in life form every child,
bringing together early education, childcare, health and family support
Early
Years Library Network
Provides a national support mechanism for specialist early years
library staff
Pre-school
Learning Alliance
Represents and supports the work of community pre-schools in England
Foundation
Stage Curriculum
Information on the Foundation Stage curriculum and curriculum guidance for
Early Years practitioners
Foundation
Stage Forum
An online community enabling those involved in the education and care of
three to five year old children (the Foundation Stage) in the UK to come
together, discuss their subject and share their experience and knowledge
The
British Association for Early Childhood Education (Early Education)
Provides support, advice and information on best practice for everyone concerned
with the education and care of young children from birth to eight
Develomentally
Appropriate Technology for Early Childhood (DATEC)
Guidance for practitioners on appropriate technology education in early
childhood
Bookstart
Helps parents and carers introduce babies and young children to books
Federation
of Children’s Book Groups
A national voluntary organisation aiming to promote enjoyment and interest
in children’s books and reading
The
National Literacy Trust
Raising literacy standards in schools, family and early years literacy skills
Read
a Million Words in Wales
A new campaign to encourage Welsh primary schoolchildren to develop positive
attitudes to words and reading.
Talk
to Your Baby
Run by the National Literacy Trust, the Talk To Your Baby campaign encourages
parents and carers to talk more to children from birth to three.