Comments on: How Do You Include All Families? https://earlymathcounts.org/how-do-you-include-all-families/ Laying the foundation for a lifetime of achievement Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:51:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jen https://earlymathcounts.org/how-do-you-include-all-families/#comment-201 Sat, 04 May 2013 12:47:22 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=1625#comment-201 In reply to Susan Schwandner.

Hi Susan,
What you describe is very different than many of the places I see and visit in Chicago. People here are so spread out, and busy commuting to child care and to work, that there isn\’t that sense of community that you describe. The Labor Day picnic is a nice idea (especially if the weather cooperates and the families can be outside). It is important to have events like that all year long, especially if a new family has joined the group. This will help bring them into the fold.

]]> By: Susan Schwandner https://earlymathcounts.org/how-do-you-include-all-families/#comment-200 Sat, 04 May 2013 12:35:50 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=1625#comment-200 We live in a small town where a lot of people know each other. All of my parents are friends or kids of my friends so we are pretty friendly. They know they can come and go. I have a picnic for all every Labor Day. That gets all parents together where they can socialize.

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