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Which Children And Parents: Children learn first and foremost from their parents. In this respect all parents are teachers - and very effective teachers they are. Arguably, children learn more from their parents in the first five years of life than they do from their schools in the next ten. This book is about parents and teachers working together to help children with their learning; more specifically, it is about parents co-operating with teachers over their own children's reading. We have chosen the term PACT (Parents, Children and Teachers) to embody this concept.
In questions like these, common sense and good teaching coincide. They can also be fun, for parents as well as children. More than anything else, a good book is something that parents and children can enjoy together. Teachers have undoubted skills and experience that most parents do not have; parents have the advantage of emotional bonds conducive to learning that schools can never provide to quite the same extent. Thus parents' work complements that of teachers - and children receive the benefit of a partnership between what are, after all, the most important adults in their lives.
After the survey I held a meeting in the nursery for the parents, at which children and parents the headteacher spoke about the importance of parents reading to their children. All but three children were represented by one or other of their parents. It was stressed that it is never too early to read stories to your children, even if they are still 'babes in arms'. Many parents felt that it wasn't necessary to read stories until their child was able to converse fairly fluently and could, therefore, make some comment on whether they liked or disliked a story. By the end of the meeting the parents appeared to understand that, by reading to their children, they not only entertained them but were also preparing the ground for the 'learning to read' process.
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