Parenting Matters: Early Years and Social Mobility

A new report from the <a href="http://www.centreforum.org/" target="_blank">CentreForum</a> think tank contains for promoting important parenting skills, through <a href="http://www.cypnow.co.uk/go/news/article/1083412/introduce-five-a-day-campaign-promote-good-parenting-think-tank-urges-government/" target="_blank">the use of a 'five a day' approach</a>. Such activities might include regular playing and talking with a child, and ensuring that they are fed nutritious food. The basis for such advice stems from the report's key assertion that "what parents do is ultimately more important than who parents are."<br /><br />The full text of <span style="font-style: italic;">Parenting Matters: Early Years and Social Mobility</span> is <a href="http://www.centreforum.org/assets/pubs/parenting-matters.pdf" target="_blank">online now</a>. The issues raised by the report were also discussed on <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9555000/9555766.stm" target="_blank">this morning's <span style="font-style: italic;">Today</span> show</a> on Radio 4.

Parenting Matters: Early Years and Social Mobility

A new report from the CentreForum think tank contains for promoting important parenting skills, through the use of a 'five a day' a...

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Supporting Families in the Foundation Years

The Department for Education has recently set out its policy vision regarding the early years sector, in a major document entitled <span style="font-style: italic;">Supporting Familie</span><span style="font-style: italic;">s in the Early Years</span>. This new publication combines the government's response to various reviews of recent months, including <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110120090128/http://povertyreview.independent.gov.uk/media/20254/poverty-report.pdf" target="_blank">Frank Field’s poverty review</a>, <a href="http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/g/graham%20allens%20review%20of%20early%20intervention.pdf" target="_blank">Graham Allen's work on early intervention</a>, and the <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/tickellreview" target="_blank">Tickell review of the EYFS</a>. Topics covered by the new report include the future shape of Foundation Years services, the role of early years workers, and proposals to identify and disseminate good practice.<br /><br />To read the full text of <span style="font-style: italic;">Supporting Families in th</span><span style="font-style: italic;">e Early Y</span><span style="font-style: italic;">ears</span>, <a href="http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/s/supporting%20families%20in%20the%20foundation%20years.pdf" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPs9-RV3hPhzuRMeZx7g3gi7pFeuJTn_rOsDd-6RlunUj0_X7mHr9tPb-r4sgTVBA5aWoUBh61xy6739qmiI1WtVEMARB2GeUh59hGv1oSxLHUlbzJhU-mVCA_q-Kd1fBtYSILDTmkQw/s1600/BlogPic.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636280850073874258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPs9-RV3hPhzuRMeZx7g3gi7pFeuJTn_rOsDd-6RlunUj0_X7mHr9tPb-r4sgTVBA5aWoUBh61xy6739qmiI1WtVEMARB2GeUh59hGv1oSxLHUlbzJhU-mVCA_q-Kd1fBtYSILDTmkQw/s200/BlogPic.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" /></a>

Supporting Families in the Foundation Years

The Department for Education has recently set out its policy vision regarding the early years sector, in a major document entitled Supportin...

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