Saturday, July 19, 2014
Culture Diversity Communication
Being an educator we take on so many roles other than just teaching. We are the face and the voice for the parents and the children. Often times we encounter families that are from a different culture than what we are familiar with. Children will start to ask questions if they have friends that are different from them. We have to provide them with the resources to understand who they are and their peers.
1.) Dramatic Play Area- The dramatic play center provides you with one of the greatest opportunities to integrate multicultural props in natural ways.
2.) Music and books- Select those that showcase people from all walks of life and cultures living their lives. Make sure that you have books that feature children of many cultures, in non-stereotypical ways. Play music from different styles, genres, and cultures that you can use for movement and music experiences.
3.) Relationships- As with all aspects of early childhood, the most important learning comes in the relationships we build with children and their families.
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Hello Stacey,
ReplyDeleteI liked the examples you shared in your post and I think you shared some good ideas when teaching children about different diverse cultures. Therefore, I agree with you on what you stated in your post about" The dramatic play center provides you with one of the greatest opportunities to integrate multicultural props in natural ways." This reminded me of different ways I use to teach the children about diverse cultures engaging in communication last week during circle time and group activities were they learned about the different diverse cultures within the world.
I used multicultural construction paper that I per-cut into paper dolls and I cut out a big blue circle.
Once, the children repeated back the colors to me. I allowed them to glue the paper dolls on the blue circle that that look like the earth.
Furthermore, the children learned through play about different multicultural colors that look like people who live in our world. Also, the literacy focus broad a teacher who works with me decided to use pre-cut paper plates shape like children face's, and ears with different color eyes using brown, green, blue and black circles. Together we open up a positive and effective line of communication. For instance, we ask open end questions relating to each child. For example, what color is my or your hair, face, eye's, hands, arms and legs? The children love learning about themselves in a positive way I let them know even if they are different color’s this is what make them unique within our world you are all stars.
I loved the different examples you gave in your post.
Thank you for sharing
Great job