Supporting Home Learning

"The quality of the home learning environment is more important for a child’s intellectual and social development than parental occupation, education or income." – Sylva et al., 2004

Part of the role of the Early Years Practitioner is to work collaboratively to support the home learning environment. In Cambridgeshire, we do this in several ways, outlined in our Home Learning Strategy.

This page will support all those with an interest in supporting children’s home learning environment. For early years settings, it will also support the following outcomes from the successful early years settings framework:

• Exceptional outcomes: Leaders continuously strive for excellence by working in partnership with families and the community to share high expectations.
• Continuous development: Career-long professional learning is central to each practitioner’s work and firmly places reflection and collaboration at its heart.
• Inclusive practice: All children and families are meaningfully included in and supported by the setting.
• Quality learning: continuous learning takes place in partnership with families and the community.