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As we know parents play an important role in their children’s life. The family is the expert on their child, no one can understand a child better than it’s family. As family involvement through the continuum of early childhood education is recognized as best practice in the field. The interaction between school and families is necessary for children’s success. The more teachers and parents share relevant information with each other about the children , the better equipped achieve academically. For this reason it is very important for the teachers to build a strong relationship with parents and children to achieve a good start. The beginning of the school year is an important time for classroom management because students will learn attitudes manners,behavior and work habits that affects the rest of the year. According to the book “Home,school and community relations”, it is very important to involve teachers, parents and children in ECE programs of gradual orientation, information exchange, and increasing familiarity. No matter what
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According to what I read and learned from the book “ Home, school, and Community Relations “, parent-teacher conferences, handled correctly, are an opportunity to form a cooperative team for the coming school year. It is very important to keep each student's parent on your side in order to have the maximum positive impact on learning. Parent-teacher conferences gives you an opportunity to increase communication between school and home, and keep parent informed about their child’s progress and develop a plan for student’s future. The family engagement improves school readiness, students achievement and social skills. Working together through parent-teacher conferences as well as other forms of engagement to support students success, through his shared

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