Back to School: Welcoming Children and Families | National Association for the Education of Young Children

Use these tips and ideas to welcome families and children at the start of this new school year and to foster relationships with families and all year long.

	10X Family-Friendly Practices Here are ten family-friendly practices from What you Need to Lead an Early Childhood Program author Holly Elissa Bruno. Read more »
	Helping Children Get to Know Each Other Try these songs, games, and strategies to help children get to know each other as a new school year begins. Read more »
	More Than a Letter Home: Activities to Send to Families Before the Year Begins Any one of these family activity ideas will welcome children and families into your program and set the stage for family involvement. Read more »
	11 Tips to Welcome Children and Families to Your Program Use these tips to help get a new year off to a great start. Read more »
	Children’s Books about Families Fill your bookshelves with these books as you begin the year with a new class of children. Read more »

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Cultivating Good Relationships with Families Can Make Hard Times Easier!
From the Young Children column Rocking and Rolling: Supporting Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families, which offers fresh ideas all year long.
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Fostering Positive Transitions for School Success
Learn how schools can support children’s transitions to kindergarten.
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Ten Tips for Involving Families through Internet-Based Communication
Gain strategies for online communication from teachers who have successfully used them in their own classrooms.
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Partnerships for Learning: Conferencing with Families
Effective parent-teacher conferences help support young children’s development and learning by fostering vital home-school connections.
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