According to Earlychildhood NEWS, there are four tips on how to involve your child care programs with the people and resources in your community.
- " Request a visit by a police officer. Talk to children about how police officers are their friends and they are available if a dangerous situation should arise."
- " Schedule a visit with a firefighter, either transport children to the fire station or invite a firefighter to your center. Provide basic information on fire safety. Explain the various tools and equipment carried on the fire truck."
- "Visit the local library. Point out the area assigned to children’s books. Ask the librarian to explain the process of checking out materials. Encourage parents to request a library card for their child and plan regular trips to promote reading."
- "Is a farm located near by? A visit to a farm teaches children how seeds grow into plants and how plants become food for both people and animals. Learning the names of animals and their babies becomes a concrete experience."
How to Get Involved in Your Neighborhood School!
Here several ways for the communities, teachers, and parents can work together to provide good resources for our children:
Here several ways for the communities, teachers, and parents can work together to provide good resources for our children:
- Establish school- business partnership: Schools and business can work together to help students further their education. Business can provide sources and educate others to work in school system. Parents can be employees as well, such as attending school meetings or volunteer in the school.
- Create an after- school program: By using textbooks or other materials provided by the school. Or have an after school homework club, where the students can work on their homework.
- Ask businesses, PTAS, and civic organizations to provide services for children who need extra help in school, organize drives to collect school materials, scholarships, or mentoring program.
- Recruit retirees to volunteer in the schools: The retirees can share their experiences with the children when it comes to college, careers, and etc.
There are additional helpful tips on parental, teacher, and grandparents involvement:
http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=589
http://www.grassrootsgrantmakers.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Get_Involved_in_Your_Nhood_School.pdf
http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=589
http://www.grassrootsgrantmakers.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Get_Involved_in_Your_Nhood_School.pdf