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Home-Community Visits during the Reform Era:
Purposes of Visits

Charity Kindergarten Teachers’ Visits

Settlement House Workers’ Visits

Public School Visiting Teachers’ Visits

To educate parents about innovative kindergarten education

To know children as individuals by knowing their families and communities

To facilitate "Americanization" of children and families

To teach parents about nutrition, hygiene, alternative methods of discipline, and child development

To utilize community businesses, services, and resources to optimize children's development and promote kindergartens

To improve the living conditions of the poor

To provide compulsory education for children in public schools

To provide academic services for children’s achievement

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