They can do this by sharing personal experiences, work, or hobby activities, interacting through reading and talking, and supervising children during special trips. More extensively, parents can actively be involved in their child's learning by sharing philosophies, and assisting with child care programs in an advisory role. Communication with parents about daily activities through bulletin boards, door posters, schedules, and newsletters enhances parent involvement and teacher-parent communication. This in turn raises the quality of the child's and the family's learning experience. To assist children with their independence and knowledge growth, adults can ask open-ended questions to encourage children to think, to discover meanings, and to form new interpretations.
Young children are very egocentric, seeing the world through their eyes only.
Having patience for developmental sequences to unfold is challenging but enlightening. There are many types of families. Single-parent families, dual career families, blended families, and extended families. Most families usually share some mealtime experience and responsibilities to some degree. Meal time, shopping time, and food preparation times are excellent times to model appropriate social behaviors, teach food concepts, and cultivate nutritious food habits.