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The Early Home Learning Matters website and guide refer to many academic and policy papers, websites and general further reading. The full list and other helpful resources to help you in your work are supplied here. Specific references are available as links throughout the website.
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EHLM Publications
A report on the Early Learning Partnership Project
Ruth Dalzell, Allan Watson and Kendra Massey for the Family and Parenting Institute - September 2009
This report presents the positive experiences, the challenges and the lessons learned from the Early Learning Partnerships Project (ELPP).
Early Home Learning Matters
A good practice guide
Kim Roberts - September 2009
An essential resource for anyone working with parents of children from birth to five years of age, or developing early years services.
This guide is priced at £14.50.
Early Home Learning Matters
A brief guide for practitioners
Kim Roberts - August 2009
This is the short companion volume to Early Home Learning Matters: A good practice guide
Learning and Play - Giving your child the best start
Sophie Linington - July 2009
The Family and Parenting Institute have produced a new booklet especially for parents about the value of play with loads of tips and ideas. It explains why play and time with parents can give very young children a really good start when they go to school. It also lists lots of activities and even instructions on cooking cakes and making play dough. Download or purchase a copy
Website links
The following four sites also provide very valuable information and are referred to throughout Early Home Learning Matters:
www.peal.org.uk/
PEAL is a good practice framework to support early years settings to meet the requirements to work in partnership with parents to enhance children's learning and development outlined in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Children's Centre Practice Guidance.
nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/earlyyears/eyfs
This is the website for the Early Years Foundation Stage and provides a coherent and flexible approach to care and learning by bringing together: Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (2000), the Birth to Three Matters (2002) framework and the National Standards for Under 8s Daycare and Childminding (2003).
www.c4eo.org.uk/themes/earlyyears/
The Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services (C4EO) identifies and coordinates local, regional and national evidence of 'what works', creating a single and comprehensive picture of effective practice in delivering children's services.
www.familyandparenting.org/ELPP
Coordinated by the Family and Parenting Institute, the Early Learning Partnerships Project (ELPP) involved a total of nine charities and their partners working together to see how early play-based learning for one to three years olds can best be encouraged in the home. This project was based in the voluntary and community sector and provided much of the action research, learning and examples for Early Home Learning Matters.
Author (Year) | Title |
| Action for Children (2008) | Action for Children website |
| Activ-Dads (2009) | Activ-Dads website |
| Barlow, J, Parsons, J (2003) | Group-based Parent-Training Programmes for Improving Emotional and Behaviour Adjustment in 0-3 Year Old Children |
| Barnardo's (2008) | Barnardo's |
| Bookstart (2007) | Bookstart |
| Buchanan, A (2009) | Father involvement and outcomes in adolescence |
| Bull, J, McCormick, G, Swann, C, Mulvihill, C (2004) | Ante - and Post-Natal Home-Visiting Programmes: |
| C4EO (2009) | Improving Children's Attainment Through a Better Quality of Family-based Support for Early Learning |
| C4EO (2009) | C4EO Progress Maps |
| C4EO (2008) | Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services (C4EO) |
| Campaign For Learning (2008) | Campaign For Learning website |
| Coghlan, M, Bergeron, C, White, K, Sharp, C, Morris, M Rutt, S (2009) | Narrowing the Gap in Outcomes for Young Children through Effective Practices in the Early Years |
| Commission for Social Care Inspection (2009) | Supporting Disabled Parents |
| ContinYou (2009) | ContinYou: changing lives through learning |
| Coram (2009) | Coram - better chances for children |
| DCSF (2008) | Supporting Parents to Engage in their Child's Early Learning |
| Department for Children, Schools and Families Department of Health SureStart (2003) | Early Support: Helping Every Child Succeed |
| Department for Children, Schools and Families Improvement and Development Agency Local Government Association (2008) | Narrowing the Gap - Interim Findings |
| Department for Children, Schools and Families (2007) | The Children's Plan: Building Brighter Futures |
| Department for Education and Skills (2002) | Birth to Three Matters |
| Desforges, C, Abouchaar, A (2003) | The Impact of Parental Involvement, Parental Support and Family Education on Pupil Achievement and Adjustment. |
| Edwards, A, Barnes, M, Plewis, I, Morris, K, et al. (2006) | Working to Prevent the Social Exclusion of Children and Young People |
| Egeland, B, Bosquet, M. (2009) | Emotion Regulation in Early Childhood |
| ELPP (2008) | Early Learning Partnership Project (ELPP) website |
| Evangelou, M, Brooks, G, Smith, S (2007) | The Birth to School Study |
| Evangelou, M, Sylva, K, Edwards, A, Smith, T (2008) | ELPP Evaluation |
| Evangelou, M, Sylva, K, Edwards, A, Smith, T, (2008) | Supporting Parents in Promoting Early Learning |
| Family Action (2008) | Family Action website |
| Family Links (2007) | Family Links |
| Fatherhood Institute (2008) | Fatherhood Institute |
| Feinstein, L (2003) | Very Early Evidence |
| Feinstein, L, Duckworth, K, Sabates, R (2004) | A Model of the Inter-Generational Transmission of Educational Success |
| Hallam, A (2008) | The Effectiveness of Interventions to Address Health Inequalities in the Early Years: |
| Hannon, P, Morgan, A, Nutbrown, C. (2006) | Parents' Experiences of a Family Literacy Programme |
| Hart, B, Risley, T (1995) | Meaningful Differences in Everyday Parenting and Intellectual Development in Young American Children |
| Harvard Graduate School of Education (2008) | Harvard Family Research Project |
| HM Treasury (1998) | Comprehensive Spending Review |
| Hobcraft, J (1998) | Childhood experiences and the risk of social exclusion in adulthood |
| Home Start (2008) | Home Start: Support and Friendship for Families |
| I Can (2005) | I Can website |
| Institute of Education. Sylva, Kathy, Melhuish, Edward, Sammons, Pam (2004) | The Effective Provision of Pre School Education (EPPE) Project |
| Melhuish, E, Belsky, J, Leyland, A () | National Evaluation Report |
| Melhuish, E, Sylva, K, Sammons, P, Siraj-Blatchford, I, Taggart, B. (2001) | Social/behavioural and Cognitive Development at 3–4 Years in Relation to Family Background |
| Moran, P, Ghate, D, Van der Merwe, A (2004) | What Works in Parenting Support? |
| Morris, J (2009) | Supporting Disabled Adults in their Parenting Role |
| National Academcy of Parenting Practioners (NAPP) (2007) | National Academcy of Parenting Practioners (NAPP) |
| National Childminding Association (2008) | National Childminding Association website |
| National Children's Bureau website (2007) | National Children's Bureau |
| National Day Nurseries Association (2009) | National Day Nurseries Association website |
| National Literacy Trust (2008) | Talk to Your Baby |
| National Literacy Trust (2001) | Parental Involvement and Literacy Achievement: The Research Evidence and the Way Forward |
| NHS Change for Life (2009) | Change for Life |
| NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (2008) | Thurrock Community Mothers Programme |
| Nutbrown, C, Hannon, P, Morgan, A. (2005) | Early Literacy Work with Families |
| O'Connor, T, Scott, S (2007) | Parenting and Outcomes for Children |
| Olds, D.L. (2006) | The Nurse Family Partnership |
| One Plus One () | One Plus One website |
| PAFT (2009) | Parents as First Teachers |
| PEAL (2007) | Parents, Early Years and Learning |
| PEEP (2009) | Peers Early Education Partnership |
| Pen Green (2009) | Pen Green website |
| PPEL Project Team (2008) | Parents as partners in early learning (PPEL) |
| Pre-School Learning Alliance (2008) | Pre-School Learning Alliance website |
| Ramey, S.L, Ramey, C.T, Philips, M.M, Lanzi, R.G (2000) | Head Start Children's Entry into Public School |
| Reynolds, J, Cotton, D (2009) | Supporting the Early Home Learning Environment |
| Sanders, M.R, Markie-Dadds, C, Turner, K.M.T () | Theoretical, Scientific and Clinical Foundations of the Triple P - Positive Parenting Program: |
| Sanders, M.R, Montgomery, D, Brechman-Toussaint, M. (2000) | The Mass Media and the Prevention of Child Behaviour Problems |
| Scott, S, O'Connor,T, Futh, A. (2006) | What makes Parenting Programmes Work in Disadvantaged Areas? |
| Share (ContinYou) () | Share |
| Siraj Blatchford, I et al () | How Low SES Families Support Children's Learning in the Home |
| Siraj-Blatchford, I, McCallum, B (2005) | An Evaluation of Share at the Foundation Stage: |
| Siraj-Blatchford, I, Sylva, K, Muttock, S, Gilden, R, Bell, D. (2002) | Researching Effective Pedagogy in the Early Years |
| Snow, C.E, Burns, M.S, Griffin, P (1998) | Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children |
| Springate, I, Atkinson, M, Straw, S, Lamont, E, Grayson, H (2008) | Narrowing the Gap in Outcomes |
| Sylva, K, Melhuish, E, Sammons, P, Siraj-Blatchford, I, Taggart, B (2008) | The Effective Pre School and Primary Education (EPPE 3-11) Project |
| The Early Years Foundation (EYFS) (2007) | Early Years Foundation website |
| Utting, D (2009) | Assessing and Meeting the Need for Parenting Support Services |
| Utting, D, Monteiro, H, Ghate, D. (2007) | Interventions for Children at Risk of Developing Antisocial Personality Disorder |
| Wheeler, Helen, Connor, Joyce (2009) | Parents, Early Years and Learning |