Working for Early Head Start in Springfield, Illinois, I had the pleasure of working with many different nationalities. Each month, I invited a different family to come and speak to our class and share some traditions and items from their where they live. The students loved listening to other families and the families enjoyed sharing their heritage with the students. I learned that incorporating other history into our classroom made the parent/care giver more willing to participate and give back to the classroom. One particular lesson plan, one of my Hispanic families came to teach our children how to count and speak and spell their name. The children were excited to go home and teach their parents. Listening to some of the parents share their beliefs as well as stories that may go on back in their country it gave me more respect for my country.
For my future position, I will still incorporate different ethnicities into my lesson plan and have different families come into the classroom and share their history. One thing that I have also thought about is having a different type of bring your parent to school day. This will allow the parent/child to see what actually goes on in a child’s classroom. This will also allow the parent to interact with their child and their child’s friends. This will also promote a positive learning environment for the student.
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