Abstract
This paper presents the initial stage of a research that is still in process and designed to explore the perceptions of early childhood kindergarten teachers concerning their communication with parents in the digital era, following an intervention program " Kindergarten teacher- parents communication in the digital era". The research tool was a questionnaire, which was built specifically for this research and filled by a sample of 86 early-childhood kindergarten teachers in Israel about their communication with parents. This article Focuses on kindergarten teachers' perceptions before participating in the intervention program. The main findings show that most kindergarten teachers view parents as part of the kindergarten community; most of them use smartphones to communicate with parents and would like to have more face-to-face meetings with parents. They mentioned they would like to get more tools what to say or answer to parents and how to set boundaries and respect. Literature on communication with parents in early childhood education is scarce. While there are many studies on teacher-parent communication in schools, there is almost no research on early-childhood kindergartens, where teacher-parent communication is particularly important. The current study focuses on the challenges in early childhood teacher-parent communication and its patterns, especially in the digital era.
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