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Learn more about the value of community partnerships. Discover strategies for building partnerships to support father engagement.

Home visitors can work with parents to take advantage of children’s desire to learn about their world by working with parents to use the many day to day routines and activities in the home and in the community as learning opportunities.

The Facilities Funding and Management training program provides staff with a strong foundation of knowledge about grant and program responsibilities associated with federally funded facilities activities.

Explore audio and podcast specifications for the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECKLC) website. All media files need to follow Section 508 and captioning standards.

Explore how focusing on the family-child relationship can help you partner with families. Discover how families’ goals influence how they will pass on their cultural heritage and values.

Find out how a teacher shares her observations of a child’s behavior to open communication with a family. Learn how this approach creates opportunities to talk with families and allows them to feel comfortable with staff.

Reflect on your own and the family’s perspective as you read about how a parent volunteer acts on a family’s wishes. Consider how to align classroom practices with a family’s cultural practices.

Explore this series of vignettes to help you reflect on your own cultural beliefs and assumptions. Apply what you learn about yourself to develop a collaborative and responsive practice in your work with families.

Explore these curricula to find a curriculum that can be delivered in a group setting.

Explore these curricula to find a program that can be delivered to parents one-on-one in their home environment.