Parents are children’s first teachers. Participating in and contributing to their child’s education demonstrates that parents value education. Therefore, it is important for The Creative Way teachers to encourage and support parents’ participation. The following “tips” should be shared with all parents of The Creative Way learners. These tips will help guide the parents to more successfully contribute to their child’s education progress. The Creative Way teachers will follow many of these same tips during their time with the children. This will help create consistency between home and school.