Involved Parents are children's primary educators and their encouragement and support is vital.
They stimulate their children's development through play and other home-based activities, and help foster their children's language and communication skills through listening and talking to them. Children learn more effectively and quickly if their parents are supportive and, if parents and schools are in touch with each other about children's progress, potential difficulties can be spotted and dealt with more quickly. There are many opportunities for parents, pupils and teachers to work together in ways which can develop an effective home-school partnership. There are also other opportunities for parents to support their child's learning out of school, which are less formal. Parents may also play an important role by supporting and assisting schools through membership of School Boards, Parent Teacher Associations and Parent Associations.