Great Preschools: The Importance of Home-School Connection

This Great Preschool Quality Factor is one that all parents seem to know instinctively: the importance of Home-School Connection. At a high quality preschool, parents are told what their children will be learning, how to help at home, how their children are progressing during the year (frequently), and how to work with the preschool to solve any problems their children might face.

When talking with friends and acquaintances who have children at a preschool - or perhaps with the parent who is there to answer questions at a preschool open house - you will see evidence that a school emphasizes partnering with its parents through:

• Parents who understand the preschool's mission.
• Parents who understand the preschool's instruction method.
• Parents who know when their children are advanced or struggling in an area at preschool.
• Parents who say teachers have made helpful suggestions for their children's development at home.
• Parents who say they feel comfortable discussing problems with their children's teachers and the preschool director; problems are addressed with the child's best interest in mind, rather than avoided or dismissed.

Home-School Connection and Your Preschool Search