For my family care home, I would have everything needed to make sure that my surrounding is completely suited to everyone. The definition of a family care provider " is a person who uses their residence to provide paid child care on a regular, ongoing basis. Children are brought to the caregiver's home for care (vs. a caregiver who goes to the child's home to provide care).(www.about.com, 2014.) My house will consist of everything from books that depicts stories about different races and cultures to stories of struggles, triumphs, and tragedy, so that kids can learn about and be proud of their heritage. We would play music from different countries and watch different types of movies and videos that teach different languages for the kids to learn. We will have fun by playing with dolls, coloring pictures, doing plays to the girls and boys will enjoy. No one will be made to play with different types of toys according to their age or sex. If a boy want to play with a doll, he can and if a girl want to play with a car, she can without feeling like they will be teased or ridiculed. We will play, laugh, sing, dance, read, build and talk about whatever we are feeling. My house will feel like their house and no one will ever be made to feel like and outsider. In my family care home, everyone is family.
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Joanne, you have a good plan that will really showcase diversities and make every child feel valued and comfortable to learn. It is our primary responsibility as educators to see that every family and children feel welcomed in our centers. Thanks for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteI absolutely love how you make sure that you point out that there will be no gender stereotypes in your center! I see this so much with families at my school. We had a book fair last week and I heard one of the mother's say to her Pre-K son, "No, we are not getting that book. That is a little girl book. Let's look at this one that has a train on it." The child got visibly upset that his mother was not approving of the book that he picked out and ended up saying that he didn't want a book at all. I wish parents could see how these things affect their children.