Learn at Home - Support for Parents and Carers
We’re sure you’re already aware of the importance of parental involvement in a child’s education. But just how much impact parents can have is staggering. One study (Sacker et al, 2002) found that schools make a 5% difference to the academic achievement of seven year olds, while parents make a huge 29% difference. By age eleven, the effects are starting to even out, but parents still make a 27% difference (with schools contributing 21%).
As well as this, we also understand that it can be daunting to know where to start to support your child’s learning, and that time is a major factor. So we created Learn at Home to give you that helping hand in understanding and supporting your child’s learning and development.
Learn at Home FAQ bank
We created the free Learn at Home support bank|, to answer some of those frequently asked questions you may have around choosing schools, supporting children at school, and even ways you can support your school.
Visit the Learn at Home support bank.|
Mumsnet Learning
We’ve teamed up with Mumsnet, the UK's most successful parenting website, to create Mumsnet Learning. Through Mumsnet Learning we provide free learning-related content, advice and information, all in one place, to support you with your child’s learning at school. We cover topics like maths, reading, science and more, and as well as regularly updated educational articles, there are also videos, free eBooks and activities.
Visit Mumsnet Learning.|
Learn at Home shop
Our Learn at Home shop has been created specifically for parents, to bring together a fantastic collection of books and DVDs to support children' learning at home, with discounts of up to 50%. You can take your pick from a host of children’s favourites from Dorling Kindersley, Puffin, Penguin and the highly acclaimed Bug Club Learning to Read books, which have helped over 45,000 primary school children learn to read. Many of the books and DVDs in the store have been reviewed by Mumsnetters so look out for the blue sticker to see what fellow mums (and children!) think of them.
Keep up-to-date
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To keep up-to-date on the latest Mumsnet Learning articles, freebies and special offers, you can sign up to receive our free Learn at Home eNewsletters.
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Don’t forget you can follow us on Twitter too by following @PearsonParents! It's a really great way of keeping in touch and up-to-date on news and issues relating to children's learning and development, and generally keeping in the loop with fellow parents too!
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