With our new 2016-17 school year upon us, we are thrilled to welcome families to our updated family blog. Thank you for joining the conversation! We will begin by talking a little bit about what you can expect when you come here, what our goal is in offering blog posts, and ways that you can interact with us electronically.
What can you expect from this blog?
- A new blog will be posted approximately every other week.
- Posts will include a variety of content including ECFE program highlights, current research on child, parent, and family development, staff introductions, video links, and other fun information.
- Ways to respond to current events and how to communicate with your child about them.
- An interactive experience...please, please, please leave thoughts and questions in the comment section. This is YOUR blog! If you have young children, we want to hear about your experiences, questions, ideas, and concerns.
- Our goal is to connect with families in many different formats. Because our program includes parent education, this is a great way to offer information to you...especially when it's 400 degrees below zero and you don't feel like leaving home (we do live in Minnesota, after all).
- We live in a digital age! Your favorite format for learning may be online and that's a great thing. We would like to meet you there.
- This will be a trusted place to get information on parenting. Think about Google for a minute. How many hits do you get when you google "toilet training"? Probably MILLIONS! Which one do you click on? Who is a trusted source for information? We can help you weed through all of that and get you what you need at your fingertips.
- It's as simple as creating an account and a profile. Once you've done that, you can leave comments below the post. Feel free to start a discussion thread with other blog readers or with the site administrator.
- Bookmark the site, subscribe to our feed, and visit often!
- Share the blog on the social media site of your choice. ECFE is on Facebook, but if you want to share anywhere, share away! The more the merrier (and the livelier the discussion).
- Three's Preschool begins on Thursday, September 8th. You will be contacted by your child's teacher to schedule a Meet & Greet before then.
- ECFE classes start the week of Monday, September 12th.
- Our new Family Literacy class begins the week of Monday, September 19th. If you are enrolled in the class, you will be contacted soon with more information.
- Stay tuned for our next blog post all about how we handle separation in our ECFE classes.
