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I have just come back from the peal training day,and I did do the activity booklet before I went.As a childminder for 20+ years I have developed strategies for engaging parents in their own childs learning these include a daily diary which is shared between home and my setting every day.Each diary is a loose leaf soft backed file with slip in pages on A4 paper and has a photograph of each child at the top of every page taken from an activity the week before,a personal profile outlining particular learning activities that also goes between home and my setting periodically.I make sure that I have time at the begining and end of every day to share information with parents.I send home printed out suggested activities and recipes and resources and twice or three times a year I put out questionaires.As a childminder this is very easy for me to do.can anybody tell me will I be required to do more under the peal framework ?
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Hello Lisa, the first thing to say here is that PEAL isn't a framework that can 'require' you to do things in itself - but, of course, the ideas in the training help to support the Early Years Foundation Stage which comes on stream in September 2008 and it's this (the EYFS) that will require all those working with young children to think through how to involve parents in young children's learning and development. You are already well ahead here - using photos and a daily diary to share observations on learning with your parents. If they get to take the diary home it means they can look at it more closely and perhaps share some of their own thoughts and observations back with you too! I think sending home ideas for play and recipes is also excellent - so you won't be required to do more, only to share your good practice with others in your area.
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Thankyou for the reply, sorry if my message was interprated in a negative way it wasn't meant as such it is just after the training I did feel as if I was expected to do more within my setting even though I already do what I do.The daily diary does go home every day with each indivdual child and parent's are encouraged to write their own observations/concerns or questions in the diary if they are pushed for time and may not be able to talk to me on their way to work e.t.c.and I have suggested to parents that I may change the format as it is written in a very informal yet ( I hope ) informative way. ALL the parent's of the children I care for have asked me to keep the diaires as they are.They have all said how they like to sit down at the end of the day with a cup of tea or something similar and read about their child's expolits and achievements, I always aim on the positive and like the idea that my parents enjoy this sharing of info.I willingly share my ideas with my local network and other childminders as I do feel communication with parent's usually has one outcome and that is a positive one.Thankyou once again for your reassurances and input.
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