Apply the Chapter Concepts: Case in Point Isabella Sanchez
Isabella Sanchez, age four, is the only child of a single mother, Loretta. They share an apartment with another family that also recently emigrated from the Dominican Republic. Loretta is beginning a training program for data entry, which she hopes will lead to full-time employment. Neither Loretta nor Isabella speaks much English. Loretta has enrolled her daughter in a family child care home in her neighborhood.Isabella did not speak and she hid her face when her mother went to the home to make the initial arrangements.
1. Put yourself in the position of the child care provider. What are some of the issues to which you need to be sensitive in beginning relationships with Isabella and her mother?
2. What plans would you recommend to help Isabella adjust to your program?
3. How would you get the information about Isabella and her family situation that you would like to have as you begin work with her?
4. Imagine what some of Loretta’s concerns are as she begins to leave her daughter at the family child care home. How would you respond to these?
Chapter 7
Good Beginnings with Parents and Children
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Preview Questions
What are some of the best ways to begin a relationship?
How can teachers support parents and children through transitions to new schools?
What do you understand about separation anxiety in adults and children?
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Orientation (1 of 2)
Choosing a school: Parent’s first contact
First encounter—teachers and parents
Meeting without children
Questions for parents (sample questions)
Discussing separation
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Orientation (2 of 2)
First encounter—teachers and children
Home visits
Letters and phone calls
First visits to classroom
Child’s entry into a classroom
Abbreviated schedule
Transition and easing-in
Establishing habits of communication
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Think About It
If you were planning a good beginning for children starting in a kindergarten this year, what would be some of the strategies to implement, and explain why?
What challenges would you expect in carrying out this plan?
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Dealing with Separation Experiences (1 of 2)
Regressive and aggressive behaviors
Sadness
Anxiety (both children and parents)
Preparing parents for separation behaviors
Welcoming parents into the classroom
Parting rituals
Helpful parent behaviors
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Dealing with Separation Experiences (2 of 2)
Developing children’s trust in parents’ return
Discussing separation experiences with families
Providing special attention to parents and children
Transitional objects
Dependency
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Summary
Good beginnings require a thoughtful plan, to establish a working partnership with families.
Communication must be established right from the start, to help both parents and child
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