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Interview - Clare Stead and Laura Outhwaite

Findings from a study on the effectiveness of the Oliiki app suggests it has ‘significant benefits’ on parental self-efficacy in the first 1,000 days of life. The research found that mums and dads who used the app over a four-week period had greater belief that they can be successful as a parent.
Clare Stead and Laura Outhwaite
Clare Stead and Laura Outhwaite

WHAT INFORMATION CAN PARENTS FIND ON THE OLIIKI APP?

Clare The free-to-download app includes 1,000-plus daily age-appropriate activities for parents to use with their child up to the age of two. Accompanying each activity is an explanation about what to do and how to do it using resources readily available in the home. The app also explains to parents why activities are vital for child development by providing research evidence underpinning the learning.

WHERE DID THE IDEA FOR IT COME FROM?

Clare Having worked as teacher for 15 years with three- to eight-year-olds and then with children in Zambia as an e-learning specialist, I’ve always been interested in the ‘middle of the road’ child. What makes the difference between them and our top-end bright kids who are hungry for knowledge? I wondered what we could do as educators to ignite that passion in those children.

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