Getting Dad Involved

[Dave Roberts]

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has launched a series of new resources to help early years workers get fathers involved.They include a half-day workshop to help get dads involved with their children’s learning, a dedicated web page and a wall planner to highlight the importance of fathers.

The workshop will help early years workers look at why dads find it difficult to get involved with nurseries and pre-schools, and ways to increase their participation.

Tim Kahn, inclusion officer at the alliance, said: “Despite the fact practitioners say they want fathers to be involved in early years settings, nurseries and pre-schools continue to remain predominantly female spaces.

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