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Do you have a Lending Library or any ideas on how to beef ours up? I'd love some creative suggestions!
xo
Showing posts with label language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label language. Show all posts
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Building a Lending Library
I am currently in the process of building a Lending Library with high-quality children's books for our infant toddler center and the families who share their children with us. I'm in the market for Spanish board books and wordless books. English books seem to be in abundance which, while awesome, doesn't do much for our families who speak a language other than English. Think I can find board books in Portuguese? I'm going to try!
The context of language
If a child has always been told to "pee pee toilet," or "flush the potty," their reaction to you saying, "Flush the commode" is probably not going to be what you'd like it to be.
As someone who works in a child care center thriving with diversity, I am paying very close attention to language and the context in which it is used with small children. While children absolutely come to "learn," they also come to use with prior knowledge and experiences they are trying to make sense of within the context of school. Things that 'work' at home or are cute at home are not tolerated at school.
Case in point, the adorable child with ample (and oh so squeezeable) cheeks who has had her cheeks pinched her entire life by family members cannot come to school and squeeze the cheeks of her peers. They simply won't allow it, even though she may be doing this to show affection and love much like her family members do. It's kind of a tough thing to learn, that what's okay at home doesn't fly at school.
As someone who works in a child care center thriving with diversity, I am paying very close attention to language and the context in which it is used with small children. While children absolutely come to "learn," they also come to use with prior knowledge and experiences they are trying to make sense of within the context of school. Things that 'work' at home or are cute at home are not tolerated at school.
Case in point, the adorable child with ample (and oh so squeezeable) cheeks who has had her cheeks pinched her entire life by family members cannot come to school and squeeze the cheeks of her peers. They simply won't allow it, even though she may be doing this to show affection and love much like her family members do. It's kind of a tough thing to learn, that what's okay at home doesn't fly at school.
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