For this discussion, imagine it is the beginning of the year and you are wanting to share information with your families about the importance of home and school partnerships to support learning. You need to create a newsletter to share with your families to help build value for the important work they will do at home. There are many free tools available to create a newsletter. We recommend Microsoft Word or Canva (https://www.canva.com/) to create your newsletter, but you can use any tool that you would like.
To prepare for this discussion:
· Read Chapter 5: Curriculum as Collaboration with Families and the Community.
Read Writing Engaging and Useful Newsletters for Parents (https://www.theempowerededucatoronline.com/writing-effective-and-interesting-newsletters-for-parents/).
For your discussion, create a newsletter to share with your families that addresses the following:
· Explain why it is important for families and educators to partner to support learning at home.
· Describe three ways families can help support their child’s learning at home.
· Provide the links to two learning websites that families can use at home.
· Discuss why the learning websites you shared are helpful and developmentally appropriate for the children with which you work.
