Preschool Newsletters to Send to Parents

Parents love to know what their kids are doing when they are away from them. They want to know what activities they were engaged in, what their favorite thing to do at school is, what are they learning, if they are making friends. To communicate your plans for each month you may want to create a newsletter to share with families.

TOPICS FOR NEWSLETTERS

Some of the topics you may want to include in a newsletter are themes, letters and numbers you are learning, field trips, Important dates, days school is closed, birthdays, parent tips/tricks, resources to encourage further learning at home. You could also add a wish list for classroom items, activities you are doing or books that you are reading. You need to choose how detailed you’d like your newsletter to be and what information best suits your families.

FREQUENCY OF NEWSLETTERS

You can also choose how frequently you send out your newsletter. If you are a program that is for 2-3 hours a couple of days a week, you may only need a monthly newsletter. If your program is 6 hours a day every day, you may choose a weekly newsletter. Each program is different and the frequency of newsletters can vary. Choose what works best for your program. You can always change it later if your first choice doesn’t work.

TEMPLATES FOR NEWSLETTERS

You can find templates for your newsletters in many places. Look on Pinterest, Teachers Pay Teachers, or Google; you can also ask other teachers that you know if they have one that they like. You can also create a preschool newsletter using a free app called Canva.

INFORMATIVE NEWSLETTERS

After you create the design for your newsletter you’ll need to add the information. Keep it as short and sweet as possible. You need to make sure you include all of the important information, but if you add too much parents may not read to the end. I also recommend adding the most important information first. Then parents see it right away and can add events to their calendar as needed.

DELIVERY OF NEWSLETTERS

Sending newsletters home at about the same time each week or month gets parents in the habit of looking out for them. You can also announce at pick up time that you have included the upcoming newsletter in the child’s backpack or take home folder. Sending a monthly newsletter home on the first preschool day of the month is consistent with monthly payments. That can be a great time to send the newsletters home. If you do it weekly, sending one home on Fridays for the upcoming week lets families plan things over the weekend.

IMPORTANCE OF NEWSLETTERS

Newsletters are a helpful tool for parent communication. Everyone gets the same information at the same time and things keep running smoothly. Preschool newsletters to send to parents are an essential part of the communication between preschool and each family.