The Importance of Parental Involvement
Unit 114
1 Explain key research findings which show the importance of parental involvement in their children’s learning in their early years.
Findings show the importance of parental involvement, the most important factor is that the setting will have better knowledge and understanding of the child’s learning and progress, from this there can be sharing of information between parents/ carers and the setting about the child’s development, their learning and their interests. It is important for settings to understand this importance as the parents are the children’s first teacher and will provide valuable knowledge and information and should be viewed as equals. By promoting the parental involvement they can hopefully improve a child’s learning but learning together as a family, where they can support each other’s education and create positive attitudes towards learning in the family. By providing encouragement for the child at home the parents can grasp a better understanding of how the child learns and how to properly support their development. By learning together it can also improve the skills and confidence of the parents, or possibly if the parents believe that their learning might also need to improve and it might be the motivation that they need to go and seek their own support. To maintain and support the parental involvement that has already been established by continually inviting the parents to get involved with volunteering or stay and play sessions. It is also important to understand about modern day pressures that parents have to deal with, for example having to work long hours and struggling to make the time to fit in with a child’s learning. As a setting it is important that support is provided so that the parents or carers can still provide enough support to the children without having to feeling guilty about it.
2 Explain the concept of positive home learning environments and identify ways of promoting and supporting them
A positive
1 Explain key research findings which show the importance of parental involvement in their children’s learning in their early years.
Findings show the importance of parental involvement, the most important factor is that the setting will have better knowledge and understanding of the child’s learning and progress, from this there can be sharing of information between parents/ carers and the setting about the child’s development, their learning and their interests. It is important for settings to understand this importance as the parents are the children’s first teacher and will provide valuable knowledge and information and should be viewed as equals. By promoting the parental involvement they can hopefully improve a child’s learning but learning together as a family, where they can support each other’s education and create positive attitudes towards learning in the family. By providing encouragement for the child at home the parents can grasp a better understanding of how the child learns and how to properly support their development. By learning together it can also improve the skills and confidence of the parents, or possibly if the parents believe that their learning might also need to improve and it might be the motivation that they need to go and seek their own support. To maintain and support the parental involvement that has already been established by continually inviting the parents to get involved with volunteering or stay and play sessions. It is also important to understand about modern day pressures that parents have to deal with, for example having to work long hours and struggling to make the time to fit in with a child’s learning. As a setting it is important that support is provided so that the parents or carers can still provide enough support to the children without having to feeling guilty about it.
2 Explain the concept of positive home learning environments and identify ways of promoting and supporting them
A positive