Hello Parents! I hope you all enjoyed the first week back with your children. I loved getting to know each and everyone of your children and I think we are going to have a fabulous year together. I want to encourage parents to communicate with me about anything throughout the year, whether it is about your child or concerns in general. I want to establish good relationships with all my parents, so please feel free to contact me anytime. Together we can create the best learning environment for your children.
Another piece of information I would like to share with you is about your child’s cultural background. If your child is fluent in another language I encourage you to share with the rest of the class some words that might be helpful for not only your child, but other classmates as well. We can post words around our classroom on our everyday objects to enrich the student’s lives about other cultures. It’s a way to bring your child’s home life into the classroom. It may make them feel more comfortable to see that they can share the way they communicate at home with others. If you have books at home in your native language please feel free to share them with the class as well. I cannot stress enough how much we are going to read, read, read this year!
Your children are smart, unique little individuals eager to learn and grow. Read tons of books with your child everyday! Children love to hear their favorite stories over and over again. Nothing is more beneficial than creating a nightly ritual of sharing bedtime stories with your child. This sweet and intimate time will foster a love of reading and literacy that is shared between you and your child. Before long, you will no longer be doing the reading! What a wonderful time to experience together with your child.
What a wonderful idea to encourage parents to come into the classroom to share their background!! Not only will you learn more, but the kids will get a better understanding and appreciate for their classmates as well. Maybe you could invite all families?
ReplyDeletei agree with Emily! This is so great that you want parents to come in the classroom! Knowing the cultural background on the children is huge! This would definitely show parents that you value their ideas! We also want to make sure that cultural gaps are being closed as much as possible!
ReplyDeleteThis is a very nice and friendly blog. As teacher's we want the parents to feel like we are committed to helping their child, and in this post you not only show that but you show that you are respectful of their culture. I feel that all teacher's should try to make their students feel as comfortable as possible. I can tell that you will definitely try to make this possible, but what I like most is how genuine you sound in your post.
ReplyDeleteIncorporating culture into the classroom is an excellent way to start a promising classroom experience for a child; working with the parents is the best way to gather that information and find out what is important for their family. If you could meet during the first few weeks of school with each parent one on one to discuss these things, a good teacher should be able to create a great environment for a child to learn in. :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to have my children in your classroom! Your post provides just the right amount of friendly, sweetness combined with informative parts also.
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