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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 4h

Our DIGITAL Reading Log...
✨Saves teachers time
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Motivates families to read together
🔗 Forges the link between school and home

Find out more today👇
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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 1d

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families love the fun home learning activities on the Learning with Parents platform and they love to tell us about it too! 🫶

Read more about how our programme is helping one family:
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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 2d

🥳 Fun at home with maths! ✖️➗🟰

🏠 Maths doesn’t need to involve sitting down with a worksheet or a times table chart. Common household items can support children’s home learning too!

👇 Check out this blog for some of our top tips!
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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 3d

🪙 We know how important it is for children to start learning about money from an early age.

💷 That's why we created our inclusive financial literacy programme for primary schools.

🤩 Check out these fun money skills activities for families to enjoy together at home! 👇

Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 4d

It's #WorldTeachersDay2025! 🎉🥳 We think all you teachers are absolute stars✨

A big thank you for all your hard work, dedication and all-round AWESOMENESS🙌

Hope you're managing to put your feet up today!

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 6d

🥳 This week we're celebrating five years of Learning with Parents 🎉

🧸 Here's a clip from our new school-readiness pilot programme, Ready Teddy - helping children develop the essential skills they need to start in Reception.

🎥 To view the full video, click the link 👉 bit.ly/4pwuslg

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 6d

It's #NationalPoetryDay! 🥳

Do you have a favourite children's poem? Here are a few of ours...

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 7d

🎉 It's #NationalPoetryDay! 🥳To celebrate, we thought we'd share this blog post about the amazing benefits of poetry.

Also, check out these fun family learning activities all about poetry! 👇👇👇

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 7d

🥳 This week we're celebrating five years of Learning with Parents 🎉

🤩 Here's Cat, a teacher at one of our fantastic partner schools, on what she thinks is the best thing about Learning with Parents.

🎥 To view the full video, click the link 👉 bit.ly/4pwuslg

Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 8d

🥳 This week we're celebrating five years of Learning with Parents 🎉

🤩 Here we hear from one of our wonderful trustees, Shanaj, speaking about her journey with Learning with Parents and the impact she's witnessed.

🎥 To view the full video, click the link 👉 bit.ly/4pwuslg

Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 9d

No child should go hungry at school.

We stand with @nochildbehinduk.bsky.social handing in the petition to the Prime Minister today to demand #FreeSchoolMealsforAll.

#Lab25

Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 9d

🥳 This week we're celebrating five years of Learning with Parents 🎉

🎥 To view the full video, celebrating five years of transforming home learning for families, click the link 👉 bit.ly/4pwuslg

Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 10d

🥳 This week we're celebrating five years of transforming home learning for families🎉

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Five years ago, Learning with Parents was founded on the premise that parents are uniquely placed to help their child learn because no one knows or loves their child like they do.

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 13d

🐨 One of the best things about Learning with Parents' learning activities is that they incorporate collaborative play for children and their families! 👨👩👧👦

🎈 We thought we'd share some fun examples to try at home!

❓Learn more: bit.ly/40AE1EW

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 14d

🥳 Fun at home with maths! ✖️➗🟰

🏠 Maths doesn’t need to involve sitting down with a worksheet or a times table chart. Common household items can support children’s home learning too!

👇 Check out this blog for some of our top tips!

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 15d

📖 Over 1 million reading sessions were recorded on our Digital Reading Log by children and their families last year!🤯🥳

Our reading log...
✨Saves teachers time
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Motivates families to read together
🤝 Connects school and home

Read more👉https://bit.ly/40AE1EW

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 16d

🌟 One of the great things about working at Learning with Parents is that the whole team are included in strategic discussions. We took some time recently to get out of the office and work with Amanda J. on our brand:

➡️ Who we are
➡️ Who we serve
➡️ Why we do what we do
➡️ How we do it

Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 16d

To read the full booklet, visit the Oxford University Press website: global.oup.com/education/pr...

Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 16d

Maths Benchmark #4: Understands how maths anxiety affects parents and children...

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 16d

Maths Benchmark #3: Sets high quality, purposeful homework...

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 16d

Maths Benchmark #2: Promotes Maths as enjoyable and relevant...

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 16d

Maths Benchmark #1: Work with parents as partners....

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 16d

"The home is an ideal environment for hands-on playful activities that support learning, build confidence and foster enjoyment, but many families need help to know where to start." ...

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 16d

We recently teamed up with @OxUniPress to create the Parental Engagement in Maths Benchmarks - defining excellent practice for engaging parents to do more maths activities with their children at home...

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Learning with Parents @learningwithparents.com · 17d

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 At Learning with Parents we are tackling educational inequality at its roots - recognising that parents and families are one of the most powerful tools we have to narrow the gap.