Hello everyone, and welcome back to a brand new episode of Elevating Early Childhood.Guess what?This week's episode is another amazing interview, with the one and only Dan St. Romain!Dan is a brilliant author and consultant with 30 years of experience in the education field.He has served as an educational diagnostician AND a behavior specialist on an early childhood campus, so, all in all, Dan really knows what he's talking about!And today, he's here to discuss how to communicate behavior to parents when you're not using behavior charts.If you've listened to last week's episode (if you haven't yet, tune in here), then you know my take on behavior charts: I don't think they’re necessary.But even if we don't use them, we can still keep parents in the loop about their children's behavior.How?Tune in now to find out! Key Takeaways:Is daily feedback useful? (00:00)Meet today's guest! (02:08)Daily feedback: Yay or nay? (04:09)No news is good news! (10:48)Strategies you can use (14:35)Be the voice of hope (20:25)Intermittent communication is important (26:30)Prevention vs. intervention (28:25) Additional Resources:- Visit our website to find tons of pre-K teaching resources here.- Get my book “Teach Smarter: Literacy Strategies for Early Childhood Teachers”.- Learn more about my exclusive mentorship program, “Teaching Trailblazers”.- Check out the first part of this episode here.- For more info about behavior charts, click here.- Learn more about Dan St. Romain here.- Get a copy of Teach Skills and Break Habits: Growth Mindsets for Better Behavior in the Classroom by Dan St. Romain here. Elevating Early Childhood is an early education podcast dedicated to helping Pre-K, Preschool, and Kindergarten teachers teach better, save time, and live more.If you enjoy the podcast, please follow, rate, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform.--Onward & Upward!--Disclaimer:Pre-K Pages is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program. The word “affiliate” means that we may earn a small commission if/when you click on or make purchases via these links at no additional cost to you.As a policy, the Company will only affiliate with products, services, consultants or experts that we believe will provide value to our customers and followers.You recognize that it remains your personal responsibility to investigate whether any affiliate offers are right for you and will benefit you. You will not rely on any recommendation, reference, or information provided by the Company but will instead conduct your own investigation and will rely upon your investigation to decide whether to purchase the affiliate product or service.