Learning Outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• consider how a person’s childhood experiences of family practices and traditions can influence the way they parent their own children
• describe what companionable learning involves involves and why it is important for early childhood practitioners to understand the knowledge that young children bring to an early childhood setting from home
• outline why the influence of a community’s culture on children’s experiences will vary from family to family
• discuss how children and parents extend their understanding of each other when they attend group sessions run by early childhood practitioners.