Culturally Diverse Teaching Strategies: Ways to Involve Families
- Participate in field trips
- Come to the classroom and lead discussion groups
- Exchange culturally themed books and DVDs
- Bring in products with labels in their native language
- Bring in hair care products to stimulate discussion of how people are the same and different
- Bring in newspapers and magazines in their native language
- Share family stories or children’s stories from their native country
- Share home movies with the class
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Respect and Celebrate Cultural Diversity
Including tan, brown and black in paints, crayons, paper, collage materials and play dough in the art area also allows children to extend their new-found understandings. As the provider, you can reinforce these new understandings by using positive and open language when referring to different colors. For example, you can describe the black in a child’s drawing as bold, strong, or shiny rather than calling it dark.
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When searching for materials or experimenting with activities to promote connection and community among children, look for materials that reflect the children’s ethnicity, show people with disabilities engaged in meaningful tasks, or allow both boys and girls to see themselves in non-stereotyped roles.
You are able to provide a welcoming atmosphere only if you understand the child and their families through an open communication.If we fail this key aspect then we might be prone to a non -welcoming learning program. When a caregiver perceives a negative consequence of a particular practice, it is his or her responsibility to help a family sort out the problem. When we as caregivers fail to understand and create an environment, both physical and emotional, where everyone is invited to participate as much as they want to and if everyone is not treated with respect and kindness, this will create a non welcoming environment.
Optional Online Resources for Further Study
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