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Positive relationships - working with parents: 'My child is an envelope'
Nursery World,
30 July 2008
Early years practitioners engaged parents as partners by exploring schemas for personal, social and emotional development for a project in one London borough, described by Kate Miranda and Stella Louis
Asked about what she'd learned on our 'Understanding Schemas' course for parents, one mother replied, 'Oh, it was great. We talked about our children's different play and behaviour patterns and I found out that my son is an envelope!' 'Yes, an enveloper,' replied her son's nursery manager. 'I've noticed that about him too!' This simple exchange highlights just one of the many exciting shared observations and learning that took place...
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