20.6: Conclusion

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Amanda Taintor

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Conclusion to Influences on Development

The quality of interactions between parents and children, teachers and children, and parents and teachers matter to infants and toddlers (Virmani and Mangione 2013). Learning and development happen within the context of children's relationships with their families and teachers and the relationships between their families and teachers. Parents and teachers both play a central role in children's learning. The relationships children form in their early years are critical to successful learning and development throughout their lives. Educators of young children can engage with the family, culture, language, and community when building programs and developing relationships. Learning how to build authentic collaboration, two-way communication, reflective practice, and strong communities of support with families enables teachers to honor and leverage the resources and multiple perspectives of the parent community.[1]

Through a welcoming relationship, the child's teachers begin to understand the family's perspectives, strengths, needs, routines, hopes, and expectations. As educators, when we understand there are many successful ways to care for and educate children, we can collaborate with parents to better understand the diversity of cultural perspectives through dialogue, listening, collaboration, and sensitive observation.[1]

[1] California Department of Education, Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Program Guidelines, Second Edition by the California Department of Education is used with permission