My hope is that as I work with families and children who are from a different culture or background than myself, I can remain open and honest with them and me. To continue to ask questions of them and myself when I do not understand something or feel frustrated at the roadblock I encounter. My final hope is that my classroom will reflect not only the families I serve but the larger community we live in. I hope to post pictures of the families I serve but also showing what other families may look like. Read books and tell stories that come from different points of view, show other cultures and families. I will try hard not to take the tourist approach in presenting these ideas.
My goal is paraphrased from this weeks readings: that one day we will not have to worry about purposely teaching use anti-bias curriculum. That this style of teaching comes naturally to all as we reach out and learn about each other and what makes us the same but also different.
Thank you all for being there to support my learning and growing. You have cause me to grow and rethink my position about the world and what it means to be diverse. We are very close to the end of the program, as we continue to move forward I hope we will continue to support each other with questions, answers and reflection about our learning.
Thanks Laury for once again shining your light brightly. I am glad you addressed the need to read books and tell stories unrelated to our way of thinking--this is in turn will help us all grow by not taking the "tourist approach". Hope to see you in the next class!
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DeleteYou bring up a great point about using books in the classroom to express and educate children on different ways of thinking, books can be a great way for young children to learn about a new idea or gain a deeper understanding of a culture or way of thinking. Thanks for sharing all of the your ideas and thoughts through out this class. Best luck in the future.
Laury,
ReplyDeleteWe can learn so much from other cultures. It so important to understand what makes individuals different from ourselves. It helps us as educators to learn and grow and effectively communicate with children and their families we will serve. I have enjoyed our time of sharing in this course. I hope to see you in the next course. Gookd luck as you continue your journey.
Hi Laury, I agree with Tonetta we can learn so much from other cultures and as an early childhood educator the atmosohere that we set for our classroom must be inviting for all cultures. I have enjoyed your post and comments to our discussion board. Stay safe and best of luck as you continue your journey in early childhood education.
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