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Why partnerships with famillies
Educators work together with families and the child in hopes to achieve the same common goal
When educators establish positive, authentic and caring relationships with families and provide a safe, non-judgemental environment for shared learning everyone benefits. Ministry of Education (2014. P.31)
Families love their children and want the best for them. Families are experts on their children. They are the first and most powerful influence on children's learning, development, health, and well-being. Ministry of Education (2014. P. 7)
Parents will feel as if they have a say in the child's life while they are a daycare for the day, the parents thoughts, feels, and concerns are acknowledged.
Working with parents, and creating an environment feel like they belong to will increase
Allowing parents to say have in their child's care will make the families start to feel valued and welcomed
Provides inclusion: to all families and promotes diversity
Including different objects from different religons and cultures
Introducing different toys and items from all types of families and children that are represented in the classroom will create a sense of belonging for the child and the family.
Creating a sense of belonging with the family will increase their confidence in your service.
Belonging is a sense of connectedness to others, individual experiences in the classroom are being valued, of forming relationships with others and making contributions as part of a group, a community, the natural world. Ontario Minstry of Education (2014. P.7)
Families bring diverse social, cultural, and linguistic perspectives. Families should feel that they belong, are valuable contributors to their children's learning, and deserve to be engaged in a meaningful way. Ministry of Education (2014. P.7)
Connecting with families by inviting their participation to ensure that environments and experiences are relevant to their everyday lives.
To validate families and religion and language. We can ask parents to suggest materials and activities to use in our program that reflects their culture. Ask them to teach you simple words, phrases and songs to use with the children. Mann. B. (2008)
Creating a strong bond and honest relationship with the family, and connecting with family shows you care about their child.
The first impression counts: so your attitude and your manner towards families and children shows that they are invited and welcome into this new environment.
Gaining knowledge about children from multiple perspectives helps educators ensure that programs also value the unique and diverse characteristics of the children's families and the communities in which they live. Ministry of Education (2014. P.18)
Engage with families through informal discussion during planned gatherings to help understand their expectations for their child.
Caring on information to the parents about the child's day will increase the parents understanding of their child's learning and development.
Connecting with the parents shows that you care about the health, well-being and developmental stage of their child.
Resources
Ontario Minstry of Education. (2014). How does learning happen?: Ontario`s pedagogy for the early years. Toronto, ON: Queens printer for Ontario. Retrieved From:
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/childcare/HowLearningHappens.pdf
Mann, B. (2008). Building partnerships with Families. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Child Care Federation. Retrieved From:
https://www.cccf-fcsge.ca/wp-content/uploads/RS_86-e.pdf
Australians children's Education & Care Authority Quality. (2016, October). Building Partnerships with Families. ACECQA.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/acecqa/files/QualityInformationSheets/QualityArea6/QualityArea6BuildingPartnershipsWithFamilies.pdf