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Support to help parents with children’s early language skills announced
Two schemes have been announced by Education Secretary Damian Hinds to help parents improve their children’s early language and literacy skills at home before they start school.
The first is a £5million scheme run by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to trial projects to provide practical tools and advice to parents so they can help their children learn new words through simple steps like reading and singing nursery rhymes.
Alongside this, an £8.5million programme has opened for local authorities to fund projects to improve early language and literacy development for disadvantaged children.
The EEF will trial projects in the north of England, looking at what works best in improving children’s communication skills at home before they begin school.
Sir Kevan Collins, CEO of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “Parents care very much about the future of their children, whatever their background or wherever they come from. But it can sometimes be difficult to get them involved in their child’s learning and we know little about how to do this well.
“By testing different ways of tackling issues like the early years ‘word gap’, this new fund will give us much needed information about how we can give parents the tools they need to give their child the very best start in life.
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