Do you do anything in a different way to help your child learn
– or more often now?
We read more stories/ books/ tell more
stories
I buy them books now, we go to the library, we make books
together
I make books more fun, I make sounds and
make it interesting
Share more stories and talk about
them more
Go to the library with all the
children
We have a story every night
I
point out the words in books more
I found new reading
techniques that I use when I read to my sons
We
re-tell the story using the puppets
I love listening
to them read because reading is so important
He says
‘I know this story’ and he points to the words he
knows
He uses the book and tells the story to his
little brother
We make up stories together and he
makes up his own
I borrow the dual language ones
too
We sing more rhymes and
songs
He sings at home more, he never did that
before
He sings more rhymes – his favourite is
twinkle, twinkle chocolate bar
He sings along with
CBeebies
She does them over and over
We go for walks and look for numbers
and letters
I ask him to read symbols and signs when we’re
out
We look for logos on the way to
nursery
Look for words and letters when we’re
shopping
We talk about signs when we’re out and
about
I point out labels when they’re
out
We look at numbers and things and count a
lot
We look at numbers and letters on cars and
doors
As we walk to school we look at numbers on
doors and cars, he can see 1-10 now
I’m collecting
words for his scrapbook and I will keep it
going
Melissa still tells me to slow down when she
sees the slow sign on the road
I give him words and
logos to find when I go shopping
I play/talk with him/her
more
I spend more time with him
We talk about everything around us
I am more
connected, we talk more and do more together
I play
more with him and make up stories
I encourage him to
talk more – to say what he can see
I use my language
as well as English now
I talk more in my
language
I include him/her in things I do
more
I let him do thing with the baby – help me bath him and oil
him
I don’t worry about mess any more
I
let him cook with me
I do simple things now and that
helps them learn – like filling buckets with water outside and
giving them a paintbrush
We do more like baking and
things
Before we never baked cakes but we do
now
I take all my 3 children out more, REAL has given
me that confidence – I go to parks and museums – before we watched
too much TV
He plays less computer and does more with
me
He joins in cooking with his sisters. I was
surprised at how good he is
We play more games and do jigsaw
puzzles
I play more games and put all the ideas into
practice
Play more games like the pairs
one
We do that matching game – I wouldn’t have
thought of that
We play more games with
cards
We do more writing and
drawing/painting/mark making
I let her do more
writing now and I realise it doesn’t have to make sense to
me
I provide things to mark make with all the
time
Like making his name and cutting out
letters
I use sticker books and buy drawing books
We make more things
I let them use scissors
We do more cutting and
sticking and things
We do more art and craft
things
We make more things like play dough
How have the home visits and events helped you and your
child/ren?
All parents said that they had enjoyed
being part of the project/ expressed
thanks. Example
comments:
The home visits have been
great
The environmental print walk opened up a new
world of words to us
We will miss the
visits
We wish we had more visits
I
wish we could have more visits as she talked more on the last one
than she ever has before
Thank you for letting us
take part
It’s been great for M – I’ve really
appreciated the time that’s gone into it
Thank you
for all your help
I like meeting other parents at the
events
It’s given me ideas/ things to help
him/her learn/ ideas for activities
I’ve got lots
of ideas to help them learn through play
I’m more
aware of things I can do at home
It’s helped me pick
up tips to help her learn
I’ve really enjoyed it all
– especially the trips
It built up his
confidence/concentration/helped with
behaviour
How much longer he concentrates
for
The one to one with his teacher has really
helped
He’s much more focused
Being
part of this has had a big impact on E’s behaviour and the school
have commented on how he has improved
It’s helped him
with his behaviour, we have a better
relationship
It’s helped me with their
behaviour
He has more confidence and he does more by
himself
Her attention span is
greater
He’s more confident – he talks now when we go
places
He insists on doing the things you leave he
says ‘the teachers wants to see what I’m
doing'
She’s more interested in
everything
I’m more aware of what he can
achieve
It’s been good for his confidence – having a
teacher come to his home
I’ve noticed a real
difference in her
It’s made me realise/ it’s helped them
learn
She’s got a great
imagination
I’m surprised at all the words she
knows
I’m surprised at how chatty he is
now
He’s gone from a quiet little boy to someone who
talks constantly
It’s made him more interested in
everything
I’ve enjoyed seeing her
learn
He focuses on something more and
listens
He recognises all the letters in his
name
He pretends to read stories
He
knows more words and he is more confident to play with other
children
She’s more interested in letters, she likes
writing her name
She speaks more English now
It’s given me ideas to help my baby
and younger children too -
His younger sister
picks more things up too
My younger child is starting to show an interest in all the things
she is doing
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