In the past few weeks, your family child-care program has gained three new families. Your trainer, coach, or family child-care administrator has asked you to think of a few methods of helping these families feel welcome in the program, meet other families, and learn about the program. Use the questions below to think about ways of completing the tasks.

1. What are some general ways to make families feel welcome?
2. How could you create opportunities for families to meet other families?
3. What are some methods of sharing information about your program with new families?