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play@home is a universal programme given to parents to encourage them to
interact with their children. This session is an opportunity to see how easy it
is to have a little fun. The Achieving Our Potential (2008), Equally Well (2008) and the Early Years
Framework (2008) policies provide support through the early years to give
children in Scotland the best possible start to life.
This creates a question: how are parents actively supported to make this a
reality? play@home is a programme given to every new parent to support
them in encouraging their child to be active. It’s full of ideas including baby
massage, water-based activities, movement, songs and rhymes. All aspects
of child development can be supported using play@home and parents also
benefit through this positive interactive approach.
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Recent evaluation of the impact of play@home has shown positive
improvement in motor and cognitive development in toddlers, fine motor
development in children of pre-school age and increased pleasure in
parenting (Mercer et al 2011). In addition this evaluation found that
play@home was used and enjoyed across all Scottish Index of Multiple
Deprivation areas.
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