We love fun Activities for Kids and parents to do together. These Bastille Day crafts are fun and can be changed to a 4th of July kids crafts as well.
If there’s any takeaway from our current global situation, it’s that one of the most important things in this world is FAMILY. We may be cut off from a lot of things while social distancing, but our families at home are a bigger part of our daily lives than ever.
All cultures have different takes on how to raise their kids, and Japan is no different. Like any other society, Japanese people have had to contend with the notion of raising their kids into responsible and respectable adults.
In a household which includes children, tattling is a part of life. We tried some traditional methods to have the kids stop tattling. Then we discovered ...
Discover engaging ways to introduce kids to famous artists and art movements. Enrich their creativity, cultural understanding, and appreciation for the world of art. Explore practical tips for parents and educators.
Multicultural folk stories, legends and myths for kids from around the world teach valuable life lessons about community and how to live a meaningful life.
Travelling to Brussels with toddlers can be both an exciting and rewarding experience for the whole family.
Discover 7 child rearing practices in different cultures that Americans don't partake in, but could learn a thing or two from.
From speaking to many parents who are raising bilingual or multilingual children, I have compiled a list of the most common mistakes:
Are you looking for ways to have classroom parent volunteers? Here is a list of 50 ideas to use parent volunteers int the classroom. #parentvolunteers #classroommanagement
This is a great project to motivate and engage students while learning about their family heritage and culture! The project contains a Family Heritage Interview and parent letter. Using the information from home (8 questions on heritage and culture), students are able to assemble and complete this cute lapbook at school. Includes all foldable templates and clipart for assembly. The lapbook contains: ✺Family Heritage Interview questions ✺Family Heritage Project parent letter and questions ✺Family Tree cover title page (with 4 different child image options) ✺World Map to color and note country location(s) ✺Family Portrait (for illustration) ✺Family Traditions foldable ✺Language petal foldable ✺Climate matchbook foldable ✺"Did You Know?" interesting fact fan ✺Family Recipes foldable ✺Country Flag foldable
Booklist of diverse and multicultural picture books. Children need to not only learn about new cultures, places, and traditions but they also need to be able to "see" themselves in a book.
Everything your kids never knew they wanted to know about Madagascar. (Spoiler alert: watching Penguins of Madagascar isn't that educational.)
While everyone just finished welcoming in the New Year, my family and I are awaiting another New Year’s celebration. January 28th is the Chinese Lunar New Year and for my Vietnamese family it is Tết . *This post contains affiliate links* I have been talking to my daughter about the upcoming holiday, so over the weekend, we made […]
How parents and teachers can use bilingual books with kids at home and in the classroom. Including a fantastic bilingual books giveaway!
Family and Community Engagement is essential. It is important to involve the entire school in creating an environment that supports parents. We
Create a colorful parent flip book for classroom parents in the fall with this FREE free flip book template. It's perfect for back to school!
30+ anti-racism activities for kids that you can do at home or in the classroom to help start the conversation of race and racism.
Day by day details of how my kids learned about the culture and geography of Austria in a week.
An ESL teacher has a unique job in that s/he has to fulfill a great variety of roles on a daily basis. The four main ones are described in this article.
This guide to Seasonal Festivals (aka Waldorf Festivals) covers everything from Michaelmas to Candlemas to the Advent Spiral to May Day to St. John's Tide and everything in between.
From food gifts to sentimental keepsakes, we've found 12 cool, easyl DIY holiday gifts the kids can make for parents, grandparents, teachers and friends on their own gift lists.
Children of the World multicultural activities provide an engaging way for Montessori preschool students to learn about different cultures. With a variety of activities and printables, children can explore and […]
Intentionally fostering interactions among teachers, parents, and community partners helped one school create a more inviting event.
Even finicky middle schoolers will have fun with these ideas and events—although they probably won’t admit it.
Part of our social studies standards are to learn how cultures from around the world affect our culture. There's no better way to start this standard than to learn about cultures from around the world. The problem for me was how to teach the students about several cultures within the time that we had available. This is when I thought of a cultural fair. I talked my team into teaching each of their classes about a different country and some of the different cultures within that country. We had the students research: food, art, music, clothing, customs, and language. Each class put together a science board with some of the research. We also hung other research on the walls outside of our classrooms. This way the students had plenty of room to read about the different cultures. We chose to hold the fair the day before Thanksgiving break. The cultural fair was so engaging, the students were sure to learn all the way through the end of the day. We weren't so sure that would happen with our every day lessons. Each class prepared one of the more popular food or drinks from their country. I bought prepackaged food from Ikea for my country. This helps to satisfy the rule in some schools of prepackaged food. The year before we had a parent make our food at home. (I did not serve the pear drink.) Each classroom can have a quick craft inside for the students to complete. We made floral headbands for Sweden. Most countries have flowers in their culture so this is a wonderful go to craft. If you search on Pinterest, you will find a plethora of cultural crafts. We also used the folders that you see below to hold all of our research in reading and writing. Every student was given a passport with the countries listed inside. The students were to record details from every country that they visited. So we allowed students to roam the hall. They went into the rooms to enjoy food and a craft. They read information on the countries outside of the rooms. Their teachers held them accountable for details by checking their passports. We had parent volunteers to come in to assist the students in moving throughout the hall and into the appropriate rooms. If you can't do a whole grade level Culture Fair, you can set up centers in your classroom. You can have groups of students research different countries and share with each other. Putting together the materials for this unit took quite a while. If you don't have time to put them together, check out the units below in my store.
One of the primary character strengths we work to build with Bounceback Parenting® is resilience. This vital quality is what allows people to make it through
These free around the world lesson plans for preschoolers teach children about different cultures and countries around the world.
Host a Bilingual Parents Night at your school to make a personal connection with parents with a unique set of concerns and a valuable skill set to offer.
Free inspirational posters and motivational quotes for teachers. Colorful posters for teachers with motivating quotes.
Don’t get me wrong — I love candy. And, a jolly rancher, a tootsie roll, or a starburst can work wonders in the classroom for student motivation and enthusiasm. So can pizza parties, and cupcake days, and brunch, and…I’ve had so many types of food parties I can’t even keep track! Recently, however, I’ve been […]
Too many classroom icebreakers require students to take big social risks with people they barely know. Or they don't really help students get to know each other. Or they are just plain cheesy.
Voici une belle découverte que j'ai faite récemment sur Pinterest et qui s'appelle 1 minute au musée. Il s'agit de la présentation de 60 oeuvres issues des grands musées nationaux. En 1 minute, les él
Set of FREE printable world map choices with blank maps and labeled options for learning geography, countries, capitals, famous landmarks
