<p>A simple and practical set of tips to help parents support their child in making friends. Our list of top tips will support parents in making easy and simple adjustments so that their children feel more confident and have supported opportunities to explore their growing confidence and make new friends.<br /> Hand it to parents who have asked you about their child’s friendships, who are concerned about their children’s social and emotional development, or children you may have seen having difficulties. A great guide to have on hand at parent’s evenings.</p> <p>At Blossom, our priorities are:<br /> Improving children’s outcomes<br /> Involving and engaging parents<br /> Saving teachers time</p>

<p>This one page guide to mark making is for teachers and early years practitioners to hand to parents.<br /> It teaches parents what mark making is, why it is important and features lots of imaginative ideas, giving parents simple ways to experiment in mark making with their child.<br /> Ideal for getting parents to feel more confident about developing mark making and understanding its importance before introducing drawing and writing. A great guide to send home and support the development of fine motor, focus and the characteristics of effective learning.</p> <p>Can be downloaded and used electronically or printed out and handed to parents or put in a book bag.</p> <p>At Blossom, our priorities are:<br /> Improving children’s outcomes<br /> Involving and engaging parents<br /> Saving teachers time</p>

<p>A simple guide for teachers to hand to parents, packed full of practical tips to help them support their children in resolving friendship issues. Friendly and easy to read, this handout is designed to help parents mirror conflict resolution techniques and neutral questioning that we all carry out in school and nursery. This guide aims to train parents to resolve issues using similar language and methods so that issues do not become overblown or out of proportion. Giving parents this agency and making sure that they are working from the same song sheet as teachers helps to boost children’s self esteem and confidence.</p>

<p>Support for parents of early readers aged 3 - 7. The guide gives parents practical tips they can use straight away and which don’t require any specialist equipment. The strategies described are valuable techniques we use every day as teachers, presented in a friendly, no nonsense way for busy parents to access.<br /> By implementing these techniques, parents can boost their child’s reading skills and support what you are doing in school.</p> <p>No need for you to research or type anything - this resource is ready to go to parents and can be emailed or printed. Brilliant!</p>