Professionals increase their awareness of current information and issues related to family- centered programming in the field of early childhood education by reading professional journal articles.
Read the following articles from NAEYC’s Young Children:
“Ten Tips Involving Families Through Internet Based Communication” by Mitchell, Foulger, and Wetzel.
http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/200909/Ten%20Tips%20for%20Involving%20Families.pdf
write a two page paper that includes the following:
• Summary of the article
• Describe what you found that was interesting or new.
• Write about any connections that the article had to your personal and professional life. (S5a)
• Write about any issues or information that you want to learn more about. (S5c)
• List any specific things that you can share with your colleagues or families.
• Describe how you could incorporate this information in your program or classroom. (S5d)