Parents and families impact learning, growth, and development throughout their child’s lifetime. They observe, guide, promote, and engage in the everyday learning of the child at home, in school, and in the community. In the Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework, Families as Lifelong Educators is one of the seven family outcomes that impact child outcomes.
Use this resource to support staff as they help infants and toddlers develop the characteristics and skills they will need for later success in school and life.
Explore ways to engage fathers in children's development. These quick strategies can enhance father engagement efforts in early childhood programs.
Watch this webinar series to learn ways to partner with parents and families to help their children develop language and literacy skills.
This standard requires programs to promote shared responsibility with parents for children’s early learning and development and offer opportunities to participate in a research-based parenting curriculum.
Head Start programs must integrate parent and family engagement strategies into all systems and program services to support family well-being and promote children’s learning and development.
Head Start programs recognize parents’ roles as children’s first and lifelong teachers. Review requirements for engaging parents and family members in the program's education services and policy implementation.
This three-part webinar series focuses on effective and intentional father engagement. Learn how engaging fathers promotes children’s learning and development and strengthens the parent-child relationship.