Communicating - knowing what, when and how to share information with families

The Anne Stonehouse article in the latest NQS PLP eNewsletter (No. 68), Communicating with families about children's learning, is the kind of article you print and include in your staff handbook - specifically with relation to the EYLF and NQS areas of collaborative communication.  It is also very useful for general relationship development. The exemplars in the article are relevant and you can picture the application of each.  There are starting points within that I feel you'll discover and use at some point in time - whether it's with the discussion about school readiness or general conversations with families. What I also find appealing in this article is the 'permission' almost, to not have to report everything to families.  Empathy will determine some instances where 'less is more'.  Knowing individual families and being considerate in what and how we say things, will make all the difference for the developing collaboration and bond between educator and family.
Your comments are welcome on the NQS PLP website, but we'd welcome discussion here, too!  Let'sAnne Stonehouse Communicating with families about children's learning.
hear what you think.  Let us hear your 'curliest' communication time and your most successful!  How do you maintain your communication with families?  Have you had that 'one off' conversation that was difficult to broach?    Anne provides great tips and shares experiences.  Read on!