Inclusive learning
Making links with home -
Sharing resource and teaching ideas with parents and carers
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Close links between a child’s home and your setting are essential for a smooth transition from the home environment, with familiar people, surroundings and routines, to the initially unfamiliar environment of your setting. Information
shared about the child by parents or carers can prove to be vital to providing the right support for them in school. |
Here are some ideas for how you can involve parents and carers in your children's learning through sharing suggestions for activities and resources that can be used at home.
Identify and make useful resources available to parents and carers
- behaviour management
- language or motor skills development
- identifying and responding to special educational needs.
Where this is the case, you can support them in accessing information and resources such as:
- printed books
- online articles
- contact details of local organisations.
Source information in different languages for parents and carers who are not confident in accessing information in the school language as well as supporting parents who need help in understanding the content.
Share ideas for home activities that link to learning in your setting
Here are some ideas for home activities that you can suggest to parents and carers:
- Start a discussion about your child’s day by asking them to share an interesting thing that happened that day or ask ‘What’s in your bag?’ when they get home. The contents of the bag can be used to prompt your child to describe what they did that day, while it is still fresh in their mind.
- Ask your child to help out in the kitchen. Preparing meals provides opportunities for counting, measuring, estimating, comparing and recognising shapes in a meaningful context.
- Share books with your child regularly. You can also introduce a time for all members of the family to share their favourite stories.
- Play simple games with your child, for example, board games or card games.
You can also share activity ideas with parents and carers that link to the current topic or theme in your setting. If the topic is Jungle Animals, for example, you can suggest reading animal books, watching real animals in action on the internet or television, or visiting a zoo and discussing what they see and like.
