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Read Around the World: A Multicultural Early Literacy Class
Class experience
This ongoing class combines two of the things I'm most passionate about in teaching: introducing kids to the world of books, and introducing kids to the world of diverse cultures. I believe every child should have the opportunity to be exposed to quality literature that reflects the diversity of human culture and experience. In this class, young learners will be introduced to folktales, fairy tales, and ordinary life situations from a variety of cultures around the world. Since I...
Students will become aware that different cultures may have different traditional stories, cultural values, or ways of life. Students will learn active comprehension skills: asking questions and making predictions, re-telling details, identifying story elements, making text-to-self connections, recognizing text structure. Students will practice phonemic awareness skills: rhyming, onset-rhime blending, identifying initial and final sounds, identifying syllables, and phonics skills: identifying letters, matching letter sounds to letters.
In my undergrad and post-grad education, I've studied cultural and linguistic anthropology. This has given me a good foundation in respect for all cultures and the dynamics of multicultural societies. I also lived in a non-Western, developing nation for 7 years, further increasing my sensitivity to intercultural and multicultural issues. As a teacher, I've had the privilege of teaching students from a variety of diverse backgrounds, and experiencing their interest in both books that feature characters like themselves, and that open their eyes to the humanity of characters unlike themselves. I have done extensive reading and belong to several online discussion groups in order to keep current with best practices for presenting diverse picture books to children.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
I am careful to choose books that are a gentle, developmentally appropriate, and positive introduction to different cultures and ways of life. Since these books are from a variety of different cultures, your learner may encounter customs, values, or life circumstances that are different from what they are used to. For example, a character in a book may celebrate a different holiday. A child may work to help her family, or a community's religious customs may be briefly mentioned. That's a positive thing! Cultural differences will be handled in a sensitive and respectful way in this class. You may want to be prepared to discuss cultural diversity with your child and clarify your own family values. I will add a note in the book list if I feel parents may need an extra heads up.
I’ve been working with children for 15 years – from teaching reading classes to working in public and private schools to tutoring to now homeschooling my own children. I’m passionate about teaching students the skills they need to be...
Group Class
$12
weekly1x per week
55 min
Completed by 164 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-6
3-6 learners per class