Parent-Friendly Early Learning: Tips and Strategies for Working Well with Families

Offering insight into the parents’ perspective, Parent-Friendly Early Learning is a thoughtful and practical resource for classroom teachers seeking to create positive relationships with the parents of young children. Six chapters address specific challenges in working with parents, including these:

Improving parent/teacher communication
Developing and upholding policies
Discussing child development
Understanding and dealing with parent fears
Addressing issues of identity

Parent-Friendly Early Learning also contains real-life examples from the everyday experiences of early childhood teachers.

Julie Powers is the director at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Children’s Center. She lives in Kailua, Hawaii.