Quote Originally Posted by mom-in-alberta View Post
I do a monthly newsletter. One page, single sided. I use a Microsoft publishing program that came on my laptop. There was a standard template, that I customized slightly. Each newsletter has the same header, font and color scheme.
I put in important dates, hellos/goodbyes, reminders, a joke of the month (kid-friendly, of course) and a puzzle/crossword/pic to color. I don't usually have too much time to devote, and there is usually important info for the parents. Not that they seem to read them.... sometimes I wonder if I should bother.

Mine are usually 6-8 pages. The first page is mostly written and then several pages of pictures of the kids from various days.

Last week I had a mom say to me how she doesn't read the newsletter but she loves the pictures and skips right to the pictures to see what she had 'missed' from her child's life.

I had to LOL and give her a pat on the back for being honest about not reading what I actually write