Category: Module 7: Getting to Know Families & Babies

Think about the earliest school experience you can remember or that your family shared with you.

1. What did the teacher do to get to know you?
2. What did did the teacher do to get to know your family & their routines?
3. What did the teacher do to get to know your heritage culture?
4. What opportunities did your family have to get to know the teachers and school staff?
5. Think about your own home and family now. If a professor were to visit your family now, what might they learn about you, your family, and culture that they wouldn’t see outside of that environment? 

Read Goldsmith & Theilhiemer and Block (2014). Complete this handout as you read the articles.

Goldsmith & Theilheimer (2015) Block (2014)

Watch TAPS Partnerships with Families: Part 2  Complete this handout as you watch the video.

Answer the questions below using information from the readings and video to support your answer:

1. Would you want to work in a infant classroom that has phase in? Why?
2. Would you want your baby to go to a program that has phase-in? Why?
3. As an infant teacher, would you want to conduct home visits?  Why?
4. Do you want your baby’s teachers to visit your home? Why?
5. What do infant teachers benefit from home visits and phase-in?
6. How do families benefit from home visits and phase-in?
7. Include information from both readings and the video in your responses.

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