Welcoming Families From Around the World

If I had to welcome in a new family into my classroom program, I would want to make sure that they feel welcomed and comfortable. I would want them to have the sense that we care about them and their child and that I am trying to to learn more about their cultural background.

The country that my Family would be coming from is Haiti:

 Hatti is a country that staggering poverty, unemployment, and social and economic inequities. It is also a country where women and children are prone to violence

(IRC, 2013). I think that it is important that seek out information such as religion and political standpoints in order to better prepare myself for the type of approach that I would need to take when meeting the family.  In order to prepare myself to be culturally responsive to this family I would fist try to find out what language do that speak; I would try to learn a few words to show that I am trying to make them feel comfortable such as, hello, how are you?, Goodbye. In order to make my environment welcoming I would find some books, pictures and possible toys that would be familiar to the child and and their family. I think it would be defiantly important for me to ask questions that would help me to understand the family structure. I would ask questions to learn about their favorite types of food, holidays that may or may not celebrate and learn about their music and traditional style of dress.

I believe learning some information about the country and then asking questions to the family would allow me to better understand them as a family. I think this would allow for an open line of communication. By making them feel comfortable from the beginning and show them that I care about them and their child it would allow for a very open relationship.

 

these would be some of the books that I would share with my class to inform them about the country of Haiti and to learn about their culture and it inform them of recent current events.

I would add traditional dress into my home-living center.

Traditional toy "Kendama Ball"