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Child Well-being / Early Childhood / For Families

October 4, 2019

“Do’s and Don’ts” in Tough Parenting Situations

The Great Schools website provides families with cue cards that address common challenges they may face. Families will find “do’s and don’ts” to consider in tough parenting situations including honesty, time and organization, attitude...

Communication / Early Childhood / For Schools / Spotlight

October 4, 2019

Ready4K: An educational text-based resource that schools can share with families

Ready4K is an evidence-based family engagement strategy via text messages. Schools can set up a way for families to sign up to receive 3 texts per week to learn about fun activities they can...

Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School / Recommended Reading

October 4, 2019

Blog: Immigrant Connections

This blog by Immigrant Connections is a great resource for school leaders and family engagement professional to re-think how their school partners with immigrant and refugee families. Does your school have an “international night”?...

Child Well-being / Early Childhood / For Families / Learning at Home

October 2, 2019

Ready4K: 3 free texts per week for families to get their children moving, grooving, and learning

Sign up to receive 3 free texts per week to learn about fun activities you can do together as a family. Each text has ideas to encourage play, motor skill development, language development, and...

Communication with Schools / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / Middle & High School / Whole Child 9 - Staff Wellness and Self Care

October 2, 2019

How to Prepare for a Conversation with your Child’s Teacher

Understood.org will help you to feel prepared for a great conversation with your child’s teacher. Though their focus is on supporting families of children with learning/attention issues, their resources are very helpful for any...

Picture of teacher and student in the classroom looking at a tablet

Community Partnerships / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Schools / Middle & High School / Whole Child 8 - Community Involvement

October 2, 2019

Resources for Schools to Strategically Engage Community Partners

In Ohio, charter schools are often called community schools. In many other states, “community school” has a different meaning. The Coalition for Community Schools promotes a model for schools where they form close ties...

Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Transitions

September 23, 2019

Toolkit for Educators to Welcome Families Who Have Recently Entered the U.S.

“The Newcomer Tool Kit provides (1) discussion of topics relevant to understanding, supporting, and engagingnewcomer students and their families; (2) tools, strategies, and examples of classroom and schoolwide practices inaction, along with chapter-specific professional...

Three young girls looking at books on shelf in library.

Academics / Community Partnerships / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Schools / Middle & High School

September 23, 2019

Why Schools Should Partner with Public Libraries to Engage Families in STEM

Children don’t just learn when they’re sitting at a desk in a classroom. In fact, increasingly researchers have found that the knowledge and skills many students acquire outside of school—at home, in after-school programs,...

Communication / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Schools / Middle & High School

September 16, 2019

Communication Strategies that Schools Can Use with Families

This short article from responsiveclassroom.org shares several practical steps schools can take to implement more effective communication with families. Communication between school and home is hugely important to a child’s success in school. When...

Two parents and tow children playing a board game

Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Mealtime / For Families / Middle & High School

September 10, 2019

Family Mealtime Game for Kids to Understand and Learn from Failures

Have you ever wondered how to help your child embrace failure and learn to be confident even in the face of failures? Sometimes as parents/caregivers we need to start the conversation and share about...

Category: Early Childhood

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