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Tips, Strategies, and Plans for Caregivers and Teachers s you gain experience in centers and classrooms, you will discover new and productive ways to be successful in your home–school interactions. Right now, it will be helpful to have some suggestions to think about, to discuss with others, and to A   collect as you get […]

Primary Grade Children and Their Families Primary grade children are now well on their way into formal schooling and the advice for kindergarten teachers still holds true. Conferences are now more often scheduled rather than informal, and it is important to be sure that these are held when parents are able to participate. Scheduling around

Kindergarteners and Their Families Kindergarteners are embarking on their actual journey into formal schooling and “the quality of interaction between a child’s kindergarten teacher and family helps to form a family’s overall connection with school” (Copple & Bredekamp, 2009, p. 253). In this way, the teacher is helping to establish a family’s relationship with school

Preschoolers and Their Families Preschoolers act, at times, like the toddlers they have so recently been, making it imperative that teachers consider interactions much like those of the earlier years. At the same time, the first step toward many years of formal schooling often begins in preschool or child care programs, and parents begin to

Toddlers and Their Families Toddlers and their families also benefit from ongoing efforts at good communication. The continuity between home and center provides the stability that youngsters need as they navigate between the highs and lows of their emerging, but still shaky, steps toward independence. The toddler’s conflicting emotions during this period can better be

Infants and Their Families Infancy is, perhaps, the most difficult time for parents to leave children in the care of someone else; caregivers need to be sensitive to the different ways that parents cope with taking this step. Some parents find it easy to develop a good relationship with caregivers while others “are clearly sad

Creating Successful Home–School Partnerships he advantages to everyone of partnering should be apparent from the previous sections. This doesn’t, of course, mean that successful partnering is always easy, as we saw earlier in Keyser’s three-step evolution. The upcoming sections will offer spe- T   cific advice for your own steps toward success. We will begin

Sample Practices and Overcoming Challenges   Type 1 Parenting Type 2 Communicating Type 3 Volunteering Type 4 Learning at Home Type 5 Decision Making Type 6 Collaborating with Community Help all families support children as learners Design effective forms of school– home and home–school communications Recruit and organize parent help and support Provide ideas about

Framework for partnership involvement   Type 1 Parenting Type 2 Communicating Type 3 Volunteering Type 4 Learning at Home Type 5 Decision Making Type 6 Collaborating with Community Help all families support children as learners Design effective forms of school– home and home–school communications Recruit and organize parent help and support Provide ideas about how

Framework for partnership involvement   Type 1 Parenting Type 2 Communicating Type 3 Volunteering Type 4 Learning at Home Type 5 Decision Making Type 6 Collaborating with Community Help all families support children as learners Design effective forms of school– home and home–school communications Recruit and organize parent help and support Provide ideas about how