One quick and easy way to educate parents is through displays which combine examples of the children's work with comments by the teacher or provider. The displays serve two purposes. They inform parents about what the children did and learned in the child care setting and they educate parents about how children grow and develop. This may be art and craft projects. But it can also include things children said or did.
Displays can teach parents many things.
For some displays you may wish to include photographs of the children doing various activities. For example, you might take photos of the children playing in the sand, working puzzles, and engaging in pretend play. Next to each picture you could make a list of some of the skills they are learning through their play and some of the occupations they might be practicing for. For example, next to the picture of children filling and emptying containers with sand you could list the many math and science concepts they are learning and a picture of a scientist or civil engineer. How children learn.