A government project to involve parents more in their children's learning gave them "new skills, techniques and creative ideas" and "new confidence in their role as educators", according to an evaluation by Oxford University.
However, there was no improvement in parenting behaviours that challenged children's thinking or extended their language, claims Dr Maria Evangelou, one of the authors of Supporting Parents to Promote Early Learning: The Evaluation of the Early Learning Partnership Project.
The Early Learning Partnership Project (ELPP) was set up in 2006 by Gordon Brown, then Chancellor, to narrow the gap between children who start school with all the advantages of having been read to and played with and those who start school far less prepared. The £6m project ran from October 2006 to March 2008, was funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families and led by the Family & Parenting Institute (FPI).
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