The Kindergarden and the family: A relationship mediated by the use of a Blog

This article presents the results of an investigation that had as major objective to reflect on the importance of the Educational Blog as a factor of mediation between the family and the Kindergarden. This research was conducted in the Kindergarden “ORaposinho”, in Castelo Branco, in the class of four years, attended by 26 children, aged 4 and 5 years. The implemented research was based on a question-problem that sought to check whether the use of a blog could promote more and better approximation of the Kndergarden and the Family, by monitoring the learning of their children. The methodology that was considered most appropriate for the realization of this project was the qualitative nature, in which it conducted a research-action. The analysis and processing of the data will allow, it can be said that the use made of the Blog, the parents was reached to the conclusion that the strategies used have shown that it can promote a rapprochement between the Kindergarden and the family. However, it was also possible to conclude that the higher the exposure and the respective use of the most Blog was the level of interaction, plus a higher quality levels for comments and suggestions, which were 'posted'.