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Having
a Family Child Care Home would be exciting. The media segment with Dr. Sparks
and Adriana Castillio (Laureate Education, 2011) gave me a fantastic glimpse
into what a family childcare home that focuses on creating an anti-bias
learning environment would resemble. The
environment and how it is arranged will influence how children learn. The environment
must reflect the children and their interests. We have to insure that we create
a setting that is important that is rich in possibilities for exploring
cultural diversity.
- My family child care home will be similar to Adriana’s from the media segment. Parents will immediately feel welcome because there will be pictures of the children and their families as they come into the home. There will be a daily schedule, information board of upcoming events and general information for all parents. There will be cubbies for children to put their personal belongings. Families will be at the center of the curriculum (Derma-Spark& Edwards, 2010). The curriculum in the classroom should come from children’s “questions, interests and teachable moments”(Derman-Sparks& Edwards, 2010) that we may encounter every day. My home will be arranged so that we will have several interests centers There will be a dramatic play, art, reading area with books, writing table, block area, and manipulative area. Children’s artwork and their pictures will be displayed throughout the room.
In the dramatic play area there will be materials that reflect children's cultures, backgrounds and the community in which they live.
There will be many multicultural books in the reading area
Block area
Art Area
Materials in this area will include writing materials in a variety of skin tone colors.
Manipulative Area ( puzzles & table toys)
References
Derman-Sparks, L., & Olsen
Edwards, J. (2010). Anti-bias education for young children and ourselves.
Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children
(NAEYC).
Laureate Education,
Inc. (2011). Strategies for working with diverse children: Welcome to an
anti-bias learning community. Baltimore, MD:
Anita,
ReplyDeleteYou have created a very incredible daycare children would love and enjoy. The multicultural aspects are great for teaching diversity and awareness which will make learning fun.
Yvonne
Hello Anita, enjoyed reading,
ReplyDelete“We read many books about feeling and play games making faces to portray different emotions. When children can express their opinions, they learn from each other (Derman-Spark & Edwards, 2010, p 53).” I like to talk with my children about the differences that they observe within their surrounding in the classroom. They have questions about some of the things and some of the ways that other cultures do things. Take for holidays, we all in our own cultures have different ways of celebrating our heritages when it comes to holidays, we have our own traditions such as the foods we like, the activities we do, the music we like to listen too. All of which we have similarities when it comes to this types of things, we like each other’s food, music, clothing and more. I like for my children at Christmas time to bring things from their culture to put around the room and share their stories of what it means to them.
Helping or parents and families to appreciate each other as human beings is essential. It essential to our children’s learning development if we all get along together, helping each other to learn about how their cultures do things as compared to other cultures. Learning to respect, love, and care about others feelings, emotions, and who they choice to be identified as, is all we are looking for in bring together a happier school environment, home environment, and community surrounding us that we live in for the sake of all children. Creating an environment where they can thrive and develop in mind and body for a better learning experiences is our jobs, to teach and help them understand that words of hurt is backwards. Nice inclusions of pictures, thank you.
Reference
Derman-Sparks, L., & Edwards, J. O. (2010). Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, Chapter 4, p 52: Creating an Anti-Bias Learning Community. National Association for the Education of Young Children
Anita,
ReplyDeleteI like how you talked about the families being at the center of your curriculum. Keeping families involved is imperative to a successful home daycare. You also mentioned planning your curriculum around the children's interests and their questions. It will be a challenge to include all children's differences, but a worthwhile one in the end. In addition, a challenge might be including some sort of anti-bias theme every single day, but with a well thought out and planned area such as you have, it will make it a reachable goal (Derman-Sparks & Olsen, 2010). Your space looks very inviting.
Reference
Derman-Sparks, L., & Olsen Edwards, J. (2010). Anti-bias education for young children and ourselves. Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
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