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Assignment:

Scenario: You have been a lead educator with ABC Early Childhood Education program for a little over a month in this hypothetical situation. In your experience, you've noticed that families are frequently eager to learn about their kids' daily activities yet arrive at the end of the day looking worn out and ready to retire for the evening. You need to discuss some recent worries with Dakota's family regarding how Dakota interacts with peers in the block area this evening. Dakota has recently begun destroying other kids' block constructions. Without any provocation, you have seen that Dakota waits for her friends to finish playing in the block area before destroying their creations.

When Dakota's family arrives for pick-up, you approach them and let them know you'd like to speak with them about some recent concerns you have about Dakota's behavior. Dakota's brother and father come here to pick her up, and they are staring blankly at you. As a specialist in early childhood education, you ask Dakota's father if he would be willing to set up an appointment to discuss the behavior at a different time in the coming few days.

This is because you know that your aim is mutual communication that creates a trusting partnership. You take note of how you initially approached talking about Dakota's behavior and plan how you'll go during the forthcoming family gathering. You consult Dakota's behavior entries in your reflective journal as part of your commitment to professional reflective practice as you consider and get ready for the next meeting.

Read the scenario mentioned above first.

Next, think about the following, and write your reflections and responses in your journal post.

1. Give hypothetical observations or ideas (based on the aforementioned circumstances) about Dakota and how you would explain Dakota's actions to the family.
2. Explain how you now encourage/support (or how you have seen it) reciprocal communication with parents and families on their children's growth and learning, particularly growth and learning related to their behavior. Keep in mind that early childhood educators encourage learning and development throughout all domains of development, including the physical, intellectual/cognitive, linguistic, and social/emotional.
3. Discuss about various forms of communication, including emails, video or audio recordings, daily notes, weekly or monthly newsletters, family-teacher conferences that are virtual or site-based, and other formats.
4. Describe how your early childhood education center could promote mutual contact with Dakota's family and other families. How could technology be used to update families on their children's daily learning and development?