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Agenda

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Course Agenda
Pre-Assessment Discussion: Supporting Families (1/6)
Never too Early to Read to a Child
Family Literature
Early Literacy and Learning about Families
Monday is One Day
Discussion: Sharing Books (2/6)
Valuing Diverse Families
Communicating with Families
Choosing Literature
Beyond Literature
Lesson Plan: My Family Tree (3/6)
Lesson Plan: Family Mobiles (4/6)
Lesson Plan: The Name Quilt (5/6)
End of Course Quiz (6/6)
Course Evaluation Form

Course Description

2 Clock Hours
Children’s literature is a tool used in many early childhood and school-age programs for various purposes. Typically, literacy skills are the foundation of implementing certain children’s books, but there are more options. Consider the diverse families that you know and work with and how a literature rich environment, that supports diversity, can help all of the children in your classroom thrive! This course will approach the concept of using literature to support diverse families, provide some sample lesson plans, consider best practice standards, and include peer discussions to enhance participant learning.

Course Difficulty: Level 2 - This course has entry level vocabulary that most students should be able to easily become familiar with. Assignments include peer discussion boards, open-ended and multiple choice questions.

Learning Outcomes

Discuss methods and strategies for supporting diverse families through children’s literature specifically
Discuss other strategies used for supporting diverse families
Describe how supporting a child’s sense of belonging in the classroom community can also support diverse families
State how to use an activity that uses children’s literature to continue supporting diverse families throughout a longer span of time
Explain how children’s social interactions can help to support their sense of belonging in the classroom

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Course Acknowledgments

A special thank you to the following team members for contributing to the the curriculum for this topic:

Brittney Andrade, BS ECE
Aurora Tollestrup, BS Ed

Course Resource Items

CDA Criteria for this Course

CDA Settings:

Infant/Toddler
Preschool
Family Child Care (Mixed-Age)

CDA Content Area: Building Productive Relationships with Families (2 hours)

Technical Requirements:

Laptop or PC
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Sources

Picture Books About Family Diversity, (2017). Storytime Standouts. Retrieved from http://www.storytimestandouts.com/celebrating-diversity-with-picture-books/picture-books-family-diversity/
An Approach for Teaching Diversity, (2015). University of Wisconsin Whitewater, Learn Center. Retrieved from https://www.uww.edu/learn/aboutdiversity/approachdiversity
Brown-Jeffy, S., & Cooper, J. (2011). Toward a Conceptual Framework of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: An Overview of the Conceptual and Theoretical Literature. Teacher Education Quarterly, 38(1), 65-84. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/23479642
Kathryn L. Davis , Bernice G. Brown , Ann Liedel-Rice & Pamela Soeder, (2012). Experiencing Diversity through Children's Multicultural Literature. Kappa Delta Pi Record, Volume 41, Issue 4. Pages 176-179. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00228958.2005.10532067?journalCode=ukdr20

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