{"id":716,"date":"2025-05-04T22:03:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T22:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=716"},"modified":"2025-06-22T20:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T20:09:11","slug":"10-9-engaging-families","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/chapter\/10-9-engaging-families\/","title":{"raw":"10.8: Engaging Caregivers","rendered":"10.8: Engaging Caregivers"},"content":{"raw":"<p class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Teachers can make the following suggestions to caregivers to facilitate their support of the creative arts for their children:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Try drawing, painting, and sculpting with the child at home.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Embrace dramatic play at home. Provide props, costumes, space, and time.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Show interest in their play and play with them.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Turn on the music and move with their children.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Incorporate dance and movement into everyday routines.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Tap and clap to the rhythm of songs and encourage children to do the same.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Notice and talk about works of art seen and songs and music heard at home and in the community.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Notice and talk about shapes and colors in works of art and in the environment, sounds heard, episodes of dramatic play<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Incorporate dramatic play into a variety of activities, such as reading and going on outings or trips.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Bring the child to an art museum or areas in the community with public displays of art, community concerts, family-child music classes, community dance performances, and movement programs.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Be open-minded and encouraging about works of art that are sent home from the preschool setting, children\u2019s spontaneous musical performances, and children\u2019s dramatic play<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Share art, songs, music, and dance traditions or movement games from their homes.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Donate materials that can be used in a variety of art experiences.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Come to watch or participate in an art show, children\u2019s dramatic experiences, or a parent-child dance event[1]<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"349\"]<img class=\"internal\" src=\"https:\/\/socialsci.libretexts.org\/@api\/deki\/files\/28236\/clipboard_e73e28f9c48eb38ccbb45f2dadc0f17ac.png?revision=1\" alt=\"clipboard_e73e28f9c48eb38ccbb45f2dadc0f17ac.png\" width=\"349\" height=\"239\" \/> Figure 10.20: These children are looking at this three-dimensional piece of artwork.[2][\/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;font-size: 1.602em;font-weight: bold;text-align: left\">References<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"section_1\" class=\"mt-section\">\r\n<p class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">[1]\u00a0The California Preschool Curriculum Framework, Volume 2\u00a0by the California Department of Education is used with permission (pg. 61, 85, 99, 115-116)<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">[2]\u00a0Image from pxhere is licensed by\u00a0CC-BY-4.0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<footer class=\"mt-content-footer\">\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"autoattribution-divider\" \/>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"autoattribution\">\r\n\r\nThis page titled\u00a010.8: Engaging Caregivers\u00a0is shared under a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/socialsci.libretexts.org\/Courses\/Arapahoe_Community_College\/Introduction_to_Curriculum_for_Early_Childhood_Education\/10%3A_Creative_Arts\/10.09%3A_Engaging_Caregivers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">not declared\u00a0<\/a>license and was authored, remixed, and\/or curated by Erin Jones, EdS, ECSE, MBA.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/footer>","rendered":"<p class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Teachers can make the following suggestions to caregivers to facilitate their support of the creative arts for their children:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Try drawing, painting, and sculpting with the child at home.<\/li>\n<li class=\"lt-socialsci-39393\">Embrace dramatic play at home. 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