Saturday, October 20, 2012

Welcoming Families From Around the World



            The name of the country that I have chosen is India.


The five ways that I will prepare for the family from India is:

o   Learn about their cultural customs and practices.
o   Setup a meeting for the family to come in to talk about the child’s care
o   Let them see that we are interested in their customs by learning to pronoun names correctly
o   Include some books or posters in the classroom about the culture
o   Educate staff about diversity


I believe that learning about a child culture is important for the growth of the child. I think that if we include pictures and other thing from that culture, we are letting the child and family know that we are including them. It is also important to educate the staff about diversity, explaining to them that all children should feel comfortable when they come through our doors. As early childhood educators it is important that children get a good first impression about learning, because it will make huge difference in their life.                            

Multiculturalism - flickr.com, SanJose Library (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanjoselibrary/2840037577/)
















1 comment:

  1. I think meeting with the family before the child starts is so important to the child's success and also helps ease some of the anxiety that occurs for both the child and the parents on the first day of school. You can also learn a lot about families from these meetings, plus it is done without the distractions of the other children and you can focus solely on this family.

    ReplyDelete