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Let’s face it; writing is challenging. It is a social and cognitive process requiring fine motor skills, a shared understanding with readers, and a proficient vocabulary. When teachers take on the sole responsibility for teaching children to write, it is a hefty load to bear. Fortunately, families can serve alongside teachers as powerful writing role models and help welcome children into the world of written language.  \nInvolving families as team members in your writing instruction isnot always easy. It takes more effort to develop and maintain reciprocal relationships with families than it does to utilize one-way communication through newsletters and emails (Daniel, 2009; Ferlazzo, 2011; Halgunseth, 2009; Tran, 2014) . However, once you put the extra time and energy into building relationships with families, you will reap the benefits that come from creating an extended writing community within your classroom (Lopez & Caspe, 2014; Tran, 2014) . When teachers and families share openly about writing goals, instructional strategies, and children’s progress, children feel supported, motivated, and inspired. Instead of viewing teachers as the all-knowing experts, families realize that they too are their children’s first writing teachers.  \nBuilding Bridges and Connecting with Families  \nTo engage families in the classroom writing community, teachers need to build bridges between home and school. Bridges are two-way streets that connect two significant places and suspend  \nover endless possibilities. They are not easy to build and are sometimes tricky to cross, but once established on a firm foundation, they allow open sharing and infinite opportunities to work together. As you begin building bridges with families, it is helpful to reflect on your writing attitudes and practices and to ask families to share their beliefs about writing. Do you like to write? Do you encourage your children to write often and share their writing with others? Do you write for enjoyment, orto complete daily tasks? Sharing your beliefs about writing and writing instruction will  \nhelp nurture deeper family  \nrelationships, which will further support your students’ writing development.  \nWhen you ask young children if they are writers, the majority will say they are despite their current phase of writing development (Hall et. al. , 2019) . As a teacher, it is important to nurture children’s natural self-efficacy in writing instead of extinguishing it. Building bridges between home and school and cultivating reciprocal relationships are the first steps in this important process. We hope this article inspires you to begin building bridges and talking to your colleagues about celebrating the unique writing contributions of all families.  \nEstablishing a Writing Community  \nCommunity: a unified body of individuals who share a feeling of fellowship, as a result, of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.  \nWriting is an activity that bonds a class together as a community of learners. It can be a highly personal form of self-expression and has the power to bring people together through shared experiences and form a unique community within the classroom. We sometimes write about our lives during mini lessons. The children then come to know our families, our hobbies, and our passions. They may say things like “How’s your husband’s sore knee?” or “When will you visit your grandmother again?” after hearing our stories. Although they may never meet any of our family members or visit our favorite places, they know all about  \nDimensions • Volume 49/Number 2 21  \nthem from our writing. Sharing this helps them to feel a part of our world.  \nWe also learn about the children’s lives as they read their writing to the class during daily sharing time. 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