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Teaching Strategies offers free e-mail newsletters and discussion groups to everyone who wishes to learn more about our programs and to share experiences in the field. 

E-Mail Newsletter, Teaching Strategies News, is a free monthly "opt-in" publication distributed only to people who have subscribed or provided their expressed permission. The list is owned and distributed by Teaching Strategies, Inc. to provide readers with

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• information about important events and developments in the field of early childhood education
  
  
• "special edition" announcements about upcoming events and product releases

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How To Subscribe to Teaching Strategies News

Simply enter your e-mail address in the box in the "Join Our Community" area of the Teaching Strategies home page or of the Join Our Community. Then click the "E-News from Teaching Strategies" box, click "submit", and soon you will receive a confirmation and instructions.

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How to Unsubscribe from Teaching Strategies News

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4. Click "submit".

If you continue to experience problems, , and we will be happy to help you.

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E-Mail Discussion Group is a free "opt-in," non-commercial ListServe service owned by Teaching Strategies and hosted by Bookzone.com. The group is open to anyone but is comprised primarily of educators who share ideas about their work by e-mail.

When you subscribe, your e-mail address is added to a list that other members cannot see unless you send an e-mail to the group. Discussion group e-mail is only distributed only to people who have subscribed or otherwise provided their permission.

The list allows you to post questions and discuss ideas about The Creative Curriculum^® and other related topics with hundreds of educators around the world. Our authors and staff members also participate in the group and frequently answer questions and share ideas.

Be prepared. This is a very active list. There are sometimes as many as 12-25 posts per dayand sometimes as few as 2. If the list interests you but overwhelms your e-mailbox, you can change your subscription to "Digest" version. That means you will get only one e-mail with all of the posts during a 24-hour period.

The list is managed and moderated by the Web editor and other staff members. If you have problems, questions, or concerns, please

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How To Subscribe to the E-Mail Discussion Group

Simply enter your e-mail address in the box in the "Join Our Community" area of the home page or on the Join Our Community page. Then click the "Creative Curriculum List" box, click "submit", and soon you will receive a confirmation and instructions.

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How to Change or Subscribe to the Digest

It's easy to change to the digest version so you will receive one e-mail with all of the posts each day. Follow these steps:

1. Go to Manage List Subscriptions 
   
   
2. Click  "Subscribe to the Creative Curriculum Digest."
   
   
3. Enter the e-mail address you originally used to subscribe. 
   
   
4. Click "submit".

If you continue to experience problems, and let us know.

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How to Unsubscribe to the E-Mail Discussion Group

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1. Go to our Manage List Subscriptions.
   
   
2. Click "Unsubscribe from the Creative Curriculum ListServ or Digest."
   
   
3. Enter the e-mail address you originally used to subscribe. 
   
   
4. Click "submit."

If you continue to experience problems, e-mail us and let us know.

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How to Send E-Mail to the Group

Once you have subscribed to the list, you can send e-mail to the group in two ways:

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2. by clicking the "reply" button on your e-mail program after reading a message from the list

To send a message to all members of The Creative Curriculum Discussion Group, use a message with the following form:

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Subject: Setting up the dramatic play area

I need ideas to spruce up my dramatic play area. Does anyone have ideas?
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Rules and Netiquette

The purpose of The Creative Curriculum e-mail discussion group is to allow early childhood educators to exchange ideas about The Creative Curriculum. We expect our subscribers to follow our e-mail discussion group policies and general rules of "netiquette."

Follow the golden rule. Treat other members the way you expect to be treated.

The main thing you you need to know about ListServes you learned in kindergarten. Like your kindergarten teacher and like you, we have rules. First of all, list members are expected to respect the views of others on the list in all online conversations. We expect that people will disagree, but subscribers should express dissenting ideas considerately. The use of profanity, derogatory comments, or defamatory statements is prohibited.

More Specific Rules About The Creative Curriculum list

1. Subscription Requests: Do not post your request to leave the list to the list. If you would like to change your subscription, please complete the unsubscribe request form or follow the directions to change to digest listed above. You may also .
   
   
2. Subject lines: Use clear subject lines that indicate the contents of your message.
   
   
3. Short responses: Do not send one-line responses or responses that do not add substantively to the discussion.
   
   
4. Long responses: If your post is very long, please add "(LONG)" to the subject line.
   
   
5. Excerpt the previous message: When you respond to a post, it is helpful to have the context of the post, but please cut out those parts of that message that are not relevant to your response. Don't include the entire previous message in your reply. Be selective.
   
   
6. Copyrighted materials: Members are prohibited from posting copyrighted information to the list. Also, please be aware that all e-mail messages are considered copyrighted by the author of the message. It is illegal and unethical to forward another person's e-mail message to the list without permission from that person.
   
   
7. Signatures: Please sign all of your messages. It is often helpful to include your professional affiliation that relates to your membership in the group.
   
   
8. Postings to individual members: It is often more appropriate to respond to the sender directly, rather than to the post. If you think your response will not interest most of the members, you should send a reply to an individual list member only. To do so, change the address in the "To:" field of your outgoing message to the individual member's e-mail address, not the list discussion address.
   
   
9. ECE Jobs and Conference/Event Announcements: Job and conference or event announcements that are related to Early Childhood Education generally are appropriate.
   
   
10. Commercial Posts: Commercial postings are not acceptable, unless they are from Teaching Strategies, Inc.
    
    
11. Attachments: Attachments are prohibited. If you need to exchange documents with other members, please do so directly, not through the list.
    
    
12. Questionnaires: Posting a questionnaire or other type of survey to the list is not acceptable. If you would like list members to complete a survey, send a URL to an online survey or ask members to contact you so you can send it to them directly.
    
    
13. Chain letters: Chain letters and Internet folklore are prohibited.
    
    
14. Personal messages: It is not appropriate to post personal messages to the list. Please send the e-mail directly to the recipient.
    
    
15. "Out Of Office" automatic responders: If you plan to use an "Out of Office" automatic reply feature on your e-mail system while you are away, please leave the list until you return and then re-subscribe. Automatic e-mails cause a great deal of disruption for the group.

Read more about ListServes and ListServe nettiquette.

If you have a question about a posting that you want to make to the list or a complaint or comment about a posting that was made to the list, please

We reserve the right to contact or unsubscribe individuals who abuse our policies.  

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Disclaimer

Because The Creative Curriculum e-mail discussion ListServe is open to anyone who subscribes and because we cannot screen or edit postings, Teaching Strategies is not responsible for the content of the communications you receive from other members of the group. However, subscribers who abuse our policies will be removed from the list.

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Privacy and Anti-SPAM Assurance

We respect your privacy. We will not sell, trade, or rent your personal information (including your e-mail address) to others. We only send e-mail for marketing purposes and only with your implicit permission.

We do not send SPAM (unwanted marketing e-mail that is sent to people who have not given their permission.) Our E-mail Newsletter and our E-mail Discussion Group are "opt-in" lists, which means you must actually subscribe or sign up for the lists. By subscribing to our E-mail Newsletter, you are giving us permission to send you e-mail that may contain information about our products.

We hope you will pass the newsletter on to others. We are happy to hear your ideas and comments about the newsletter, and we invite you to submit feedback. Simply e-mail our e-newsletter editor at

NOTE: this is not an online discussion group. You will not be able to post e-mail; you will only receive e-mail from us. However, we do invite you to sign up for our Creative Curriculum E-Mail Discussion Group.

Still concerned? Read more about our Privacy Policy or send your questions by completing our Customer Relations Inquiry Form.

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The List Owner

The Teaching Strategies E-Newsletter is owned by Teaching Strategies, Inc. and distributed through our host, Bookzone.com.

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