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Making Families Welcome

by Deadru Hilliard
September/October 2002
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For anyone who enters the center, our goal is for them to see that parents and families are valued in our program. We want them to come away with a feeling that if they had children this is where they would like them to be, and that they feel honored referring us to others.

Parents and families play a very vital role in the classroom because they are children's first teachers. Children observe and interact with others in ways that have been modeled for them, mostly by their parents. When new families enter into our class, there are a number of ways that we try to make them feel welcome.

Initial Contact

Our main goal is to learn about the child. We ask parents to come in and talk with us about their child. We allow them to find out if we fit their needs and to get an overview of what the center is all about. We ask what it is they need from us other than child care. This may be their first encounter with someone asking them to think more in-depth about what they want for their child. They may be dealing with leaving their child for the first ...

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