Involving Parents in their Children's Learning

Chapter 1: New forms of provision, new ways of working: the Pen Green Centre - Margy Whalley Chapter 2: Developing evidence-based practice - Margy Whalley Chapter 3: The many different ways we involve families - Colette Tait and Angela Prodger Chapter 4: Sharing ideas with parents about key child development concepts - Cath Arnold Chapter 5: Parents and staff as co-educators: 'parents' means fathers too - Margy Whalley and Trevor Chandler Chapter 6: Working with parents who traditionally find our services 'hard to reach' - Cath Arnold Chapter 7: Parents as researchers - Penny Lawrence, Hannah Howe, Darren Howe and Sarah Marley Chapter 8: Dialogue and documentation: sharing information, developing a rich curriculum and a responsive pedagogy - Margy Whalley and Marcus Dennison Chapter 9: Sharing knowledge with families in a 'drop-in' provision within an integrated centre for children and families - Sandra Mole Chapter 10: The impact on parents' lives - Annette Cummings Chapter 11: Working in groups with parents of young children: growing together at the Pen Green Centre - Jo Benford and Colette Tait Chapter 12: Developing PICL in primary schools, children's centres and in childminder settings - Kate Hayward, Tracey Cotterell, June Smith, Andrea Layzell and Julie Denton Chapter 1: New forms of provision, new ways of working: the Pen Green Centre - Margy Whalley Chapter 2: Developing evidence-based practice - Margy Whalley Chapter 3: The many different ways we involve families - Colette Tait and Angela Prodger Chapter 4: Sharing ideas with parents about key child development concepts - Cath Arnold Chapter 5: Parents and staff as co-educators: 'parents' means fathers too - Margy Whalley and Trevor Chandler Chapter 6: Working with parents who traditionally find our services 'hard to reach' - Cath Arnold Chapter 7: Parents as researchers - Penny Lawrence, Hannah Howe, Darren Howe and Sarah Marley Chapter 8: Dialogue and documentation: sharing information, developing a rich curriculum and a responsive pedagogy - Margy Whalley and Marcus Dennison Chapter 9: Sharing knowledge with families in a 'drop-in' provision within an integrated centre for children and families - Sandra Mole Chapter 10: The impact on parents' lives - Annette Cummings Chapter 11: Working in groups with parents of young children: growing together at the Pen Green Centre - Jo Benford and Colette Tait Chapter 12: Developing PICL in primary schools, children's centres and in childminder settings - Kate Hayward, Tracey Cotterell, June Smith, Andrea Layzell and Julie Denton