Families, Schools, and Communities: Together for Young Children, 3e emphasizes the role of families and communities in children?s education, and is geared to meeting national standards in teacher preparation programs. Content reflects current research and best practice in education. Divided into two sections, this book provides an understanding of contemporary families, and the skills required to build relationships with families and the community. A complete new chapter fosters family involvement by addressing math, literacy, science, and social studies academic content areas. This chapter also contains specific ideas and strategies for increasing family involvement in the community and schools, and encourages learning at home. New information is included about working with military families, addressing issues of childhood obesity and teaching children about financial literacy and managing money.I am very excited about the changes made in this 3rd edition. With the expanded information presented, I most definitely plan to adopt this text for my Family and Community Relations class. – Judith Lindman, M.Ed., Instructor, Rochester Community & Technical College (RCTC) Rochester, MN.The summaries at the end of each chapter and key terms are always helpful but I really liked the applications, questions for reflection and discussion and field assignments. These help students to really get into the meat of the text in a practical way. – Irene Cook, Lecturer, California State University, Bakersfield.Foreword Preface Part I Understanding Families Chapter 1: A Theory-Based Approach to Family Involvement in Early Childhood Education Chapter 2: Understanding Family Diversity Chapter 3: Developmental Issues in Families with Young Children Chapter 4: Family Strengths, Family Functions, and Family Structure Chapter 5: Parenting Chapter 6: Family Stress Chapter 7: A Family-Based Philosophy in Early Childhood Education Chapter 8: Family-Staff Relationships Chapter 9: Suppo@I