Foundation Years
These courses are for families with children aged 3 to 5 years old.
Getting Ready for School
This short course supports you to understand:
- How to help you child at home before they start school, so they have the confidence to settle better when they start school/pre-school.
- How to be more confident supporting you child’s learning across all areas of the foundation stage
- How to make learning fun using games and activities to develop early
language skills.
Understanding the benefits to your child’s early learning of:
- Using songs and rhymes
- Sharing stories
- Early writing/mark making
- Get up and Go – ideas for physical play
- Early maths games.
Early Start
This short course will support you to understand:
- The value of using play to support learning
- How to be more confident in supporting you child’s learning across all areas of the foundation stage
- How to make learning fun using games and activities.
This short course will support you to understand:
- Using songs and rhymes
- Sharing stories and making a story sack
- Early writing/mark making
- The importance of physical play
- Early maths games.
To enrol onto a Family Learning course please call us on 0116 454 1900 or talk to your children’s school reception.
If you’d like to learn more about our courses before you enrol, please contact our Family Learning Team: familylearning@leicester.gov.uk
Alternatively, you can talk to your children’s school or local Children Young People and Family Centre to keep up to date with what we are providing in your local area.