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Lucy Prew, Education and Curriculum Director at Maggie & Rose, shares her top tips to refresh children?s social skills after a year of social distancing and lockdowns.
Following the news reported by the BBC that children?s language and communication skills have been affected by the year of lockdowns, Lucy Prew, the Education and Curriculum Director at Maggie & Rose family clubs, has highlighted the importance of brushing up on your children?s social skills.
“With the reopening of schools and the start of a new term, it?s a great time to think about refreshing your child?s social skills, says Lucy.  “After the best part of a year learning and playing in isolation, it?s expected that children?s ability to communicate, understand and empathise with peers will have been affected. For parents that might be concerned, there are a number of simple and practical solutions that will help your little ones develop this basic but vital skill.” The research carried out by the Education Endowment Foundation saw Data from 50,000 pupils and a survey of schools across England to reveal an increased number of four- and five-year-olds needing help with language learning, which in turn could lead to long-term effects on learning. The study suggests that the necessary measures taken to combat the pandemic have deprived younger children of social contact and experiences essential for increasing vocabulary.
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