Learning at home
Practical tips and guidance to help you support your child's learning at home.
Your child is learning from the minute they’re born - they learn with you and through you. Creating a warm, positive and stimulating home environment is key to helping your child learn and succeed. As your child gets older helping them to practise new skills and ideas, as well supporting them to know how to learn best, will give them the tools they need to be successful - not only in school but throughout life.
This information is for any family with a deaf child between the ages of 3 and 16. You can find plenty of information and tips on how you can help your child to learn at home including:
- everyday communication, interactions, conversations and play
- getting your child ready for learning and helping them know how to learn
- making sure that your child has everything they need to take on new information and skills.
Phonics and your deaf child
Phonics is a way of teaching reading and writing that helps children connect sounds with groups of letters.
How do children learn?
Children, including those who are deaf, learn all the time through everyday play, routines, and interactions.
Learning how to learn
Children need a wide range of skills to help them to be successful learners in school and throughout life. There are lots of activities that you can do at home which can help your child develop and practice these skills.
Learning new information and skills
Find out more about the different ways children learn new information and skills.
Helping your deaf child with reading and writing
Deaf children can learn to read and write as well as hearing children and you play a key role in helping this to happen.
Helping your deaf child with maths
We use maths every day with our children and families play a key role in helping maths skills develop.