What i have learned

What  I  Have  Learned

 

     One hope that I want for working with children that come from different backgrounds, will be to foster good relationships with children and families, be a good support in the needs of each children even if they have problems with learning a new language. Make games in my class to incorporate different cultures, invite families to share their time with us and showing some of their cultures characteristics like food, clothes, and songs. Creating a good environment helping the children to develop confidence, self-esteem, and positive cultural identity, is our responsibility as educators, to have a classroom that is accepting of all of our students, no matter their communications abilities, their physical abilities, and their cultural backgrounds and beliefs.

 

     One goal that I want is that every teacher think that education is not just to teach reading and writing, is going beyond is to have the passion to understand, appreciate, and respect each individual child, giving them love, and be there to support all of their needs, their feelings.  Is in our hands to help children , to develop and grow in a better world without prejudices.

 I want children in my class  feel good and secure, learning in an environment of love, acceptance, respect, and  also learning the different cultures beliefs, of others, this will which help  them to learn more about each other.

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity the law of nature and of nations. ” Edmund Burke”

 

 

I want to said everyone thanks for your support and for your time to read my discussions and my blog, I appreciate your comments and thanks you for helping to strengthen my knowledge with your ideas and experiences. Is a good time to share with each of you! Hope to see you in my next class, and Good luck for everyone.

Start Seeing Diversity

CHILDREN

 

All children are created whole, endowed with innate intelligence, with dignity and wonder, worthy of respect. Every girl and boy is entitle to love, to dream, and belong to a loving village, and to pursue a life of purpose.”(Louise Derman-Sparks. 2010.Antibias Education.)

In an anti-bias classroom children learn to be proud of themselves and of their families, to respect human differences, to recognize bias, and to speak up for what is right.

   Children born in a culture and becomes a full member of that culture through making meaning of all aspects of that culture, practices, beliefs and values.

We need to respect each individual children and their families.

 

 

Is important that children engage in relationships and interactions with parents, family members, children, teachers and other people, agains, prejudice and discriminatory actions.” Teachers will consistently interact with children in emotionally supportive, developmentally appropriate ways, including addressing identity, capacity, and bias.”( Louise Derman-Sparks.2010 Anti Bias Education.pag33).We need to listen to children ,their feelings, and answer to their questions.

 

Children Need to explore to play this is the best way that brings her thoughts and questions and experiences about frighten, socializing, represent their ideas, become social, and is important to give to them the skills to resist messages that undermine confidence enable children to succeed in school and afterward.” The physical learning environment will reflect the rich diversity of human beings, including through visual images and in all learning materials.”(Louise Derman-Sparks.2010 Anti Bias Education. pag 33)

 

Including kids with disabilities in our classroom would help the preschoolers make meaningful connections with people who are different from them.

 

 

 

 

 

“Children distress, their fears, their shaken sense of trust and security that ensue when child care harms, when it does not work, when it is not there when needed must be heeded and attention must be paid.”( Ann Pelo.2008.Rethinking Early Childhood Education. pag 194)

If we cannot end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe of diversity.

IF WE WANT CHILDREN TO THRIVE IN A DIVERSE WORLD AND CHOSSE TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS,THEN WE MUST CHOOSE TO HELP YOUNG CHILDREN MAKE SENSE OUT OF THE CONFUSING AND OFTEN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED MESSAGES THEY RECEIVE ABOUT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.

References:

     Louise Derman-Sparks. 2010 Anti Bias Education.

Ann Pelo.2008.Rethinking Early Childhood Education.

 

 

"We Don't Say Those Words in Class!"

 

 

      I listen a child that said to his mother: looks mom why that person just have one leg ? how  does he walk?

     Her mothers answer: Oh, yes but don’t point to the person with your finger, and don’t look to him in a frightened way. Because he is a person that maybe had an accident, and for that reason lost his leg but he should walk, talk and be a good person, he had feelings and is important to accept and be good with other people even if they had disabilities problems.

     Children need to ask questions, and is important to answer them , sometimes adult said don’t talk to them, don’t point, don’t look , but for this reason children would think that something is wrong, and they have fear.

 “An anti-bias teacher encourages children to be open about questions, ideas, and feelings about themselves and others.”( : Louise Derman-Smarks(2010).pag 129) 

    We are all the same, and  children need to be respected, nurtured, encouraged from everyone.

     References: Louise Derman-Smarks(2010).Anti-Bias Education for young Children and Ourselves.