Family Connection Overview
At Teaching Strategies, we view families as important partners in children's learning. Teachers who foster trusting partnerships with their children's families are often rewarded with a deeper insight into individual children's learning styles and developmental progress.
However, we realize it takes time and effort to build these relationships. You need to understand and respect a child's culture and keep families up to date about their child's activities. Our Family Connection resources will provide you with the support you need to help children navigate between their two most important worlds--school and home. They will strengthen your partnership with families in a meaningful and respectful way, and you'll discover more effective strategies and ideas to encourage families to actively participate in planning their children's learning experiences.
Family Connection also offers resources for families. These resources provide fun, easy ways for families to interact with their children during everyday experiences that will extend learning and send the message that adult-child relationships are the building blocks to success in school and in life.
Ready to get started? The following resources will help you build stronger bonds with families.
Guide to Creating Family Connections (PDF)
This guide provides a more detailed look at the products listed in the sections below.
High-quality resources to prepare educators to connect with families:
- Using The Creative Curriculum® LearningGames® With Families: A Teacher's Guide
- A Home Visitor's Guide to The Creative Curriculum® LearningGames®
- Partners for a Healthy Baby Home Visiting Curriculum
Helpful resources for keeping parents connected to what's going on in the classroom:
- Our Program for Infants, Toddlers, & Twos: A Parent's Guide
- A Parent's Guide to Preschool
- Kindergarten, Here I Come! (DVD)
- What Every Parent Needs to Know About 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Grades, Second Edition
Valuable resources to share with families to use at home: