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Explore how communicating with parents and carers is vital for building positive foundations with families and giving children a lifelong love of learning.

Parent and carer events are used commonly as a way to meet with families on a regular, collective basis. Because they are more formal than a conversation at handover, parent and carer meetings provide a regular way to create focused time for a summative discussion about a child’s care, learning and development

Having an insight into the parents’ and carers’ experiences is enormously helpful for thinking about how best to support parent and carer partnerships initially to create foundations for a long-lasting relationship with families as their children grow through setting. This learning workout reflects instead on the experiences of the parents and carers who are also adjusting to the start of their child’s journey in early education and care.

This learning workout will explore how we develop these meaningful conversations with parents and carers and what this means for wider practice.

Explore the importance of supporting positive parenting in the early years

Explore the importance of parent and carer partnerships in early education and care and recognise the superpowers of parents and carers.

Father’s Day can be a joyful time for many, but it’s important to recognise that it may also bring up complex feelings for some children, families and staff members. Whether due to bereavement, absence, different family structures, or other personal circumstances, every family’s experience is unique. Nursery practitioners play a key role in ensuring that Father’s Day celebrations are handled with care, inclusivity, and sensitivity.

Here are some ways you could approach fire safety with little ones, in a fun and engaging way.

Exploring the importance of a parent/carer partnership and opportunities to engage.

The home learning environment, often abbreviated to HLE,  is a broad term used to describe the environment in which children spend most of their time, whilst not at their usual educational or cares setting. The home learning environment refers not only to the physical space that it occupies but also what goes on there to support purposeful, playful learning that  contributes to a child’s development..   In this article we are going to think about some of the ways we can promote the importance of the home learning environment to the parents and carers who have the potential to make it a thriving environment for their children to grow and learn. 

The child’s best interests are at the forefront of this relationship, but what does this mean in practice?  

One of the best ways to engage with your baby’s social side is through interacting and playing together!

Communicating well with parents and carers allows us to establish a meaningful relationship with those at home and to work together with them, with the child’s best interests at the heart of what we do.