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One World, One World, Many Stories, Many Stories, Endless IdeasEndless IdeasSpicing Up Your Multicultural Spicing Up Your Multicultural
ProgramsPrograms
A Successful Multicultural Program
Will……share basic facts/info without resorting to
stereotypes
AND
…relate children’s lives here with children’s lives there – what is similar and what is different [food, clothing, houses, schools, surroundings]
…encourage interaction
AND
…appeal to the senses – have props that bring the culture’s/country’s smells, tastes, textures, sounds to the kids
A Successful Multicultural Program
Will…
…leave children with:
• an awareness that there are kids growing up in different countries/ cultures/ circumstances who are essentially like them
• a sense of wonder at the differences in landscapes, foods, houses, languages, etc., to be found around the world
A Successful Multicultural Program
Will…
Unbiased, Relatable Info…
• Use multiple perspectives
• Use trusted sources– CultureGrams, Facts on File, CAMIO– CIA: The World Factbook– National Geographic Kids
• Look for nonfiction series written from kid perspectives
• Explain statistics concretely
Interactive, Sensory Fun…
• Wasabi peas and pickled ginger (Japan)
• Tabasco sauce (Cajun)• Moon cakes (China)• Mut (Vietnam)• Pan de Muerto (Mexico)• Smoked salmon &
blueberries (Tlingit)
Taste – if you’re allowed food, it can really open up fun, memorable discussion & experiences
Interactive, Sensory Fun…
Sights & Sounds – between iTunes,
YouTube and other file-sharing sites, it is amazing what you
can find
• Wodaabe faces
Interactive, Sensory Fun…
• Wodaabe faces• Maasai jumping• Hmong ball tossing • Languages• Puerto Rican coqui• Muslim call to prayer• Traditional music
Sights & Sounds – between iTunes,
YouTube and other file-sharing sites, it is amazing what you
can find
Textures/Touch – this can involve some serious networking!
• Llama wool
Interactive, Sensory Fun…
Textures/Touch – this can involve some serious networking!
• Llama wool• Embroidered
Guatemalan fabrics• Indian silk saris • Handmade
Indonesian shadow puppet
Interactive, Sensory Fun…
Interactive Active Fun…
• Shadow puppet theater
Interactive Active Fun…
• Shadow puppet theater
• Parade w/masks – Mardi Gras & Tet
Interactive Active Fun…
• Shadow puppet theater
• Parade w/masks – Mardi Gras & Tet
• Chinese calligraphy
Interactive Active Fun…
• Shadow puppet theater
• Parade w/masks – Mardi Gras & Tet
• Chinese calligraphy
• Yoga
Interactive Active Fun…
• Shadow puppet theater• Parade w/masks – Mardi Gras & Tet• Chinese calligraphy• Yoga• Chopstick races• How to bow properly as a Japanese girl
or boy• Mehndi• How to wrap a sari
Interactive Crafty Fun…
• Adinkra stamping
Interactive Crafty Fun…
• Adinkra stamping
• Indonesian Shadow puppets
Interactive Crafty Fun…
• Adinkra stamping
• Indonesian Shadow puppets
• Masks – calavera mask for El Día, dragon mask for Tet/Moon Festival, Mardi Gras, Vejigantes of Puerto Rico
Interactive Crafty Fun…
• Adinkra stamping• Indonesian Shadow puppets• Masks – calavera mask for El Día, dragon
mask for Tet/Moon Festival, etc/Mardi Gras, Vejigantes of Puerto Rico
• Aborigine dot paintings• Maze designs [Hmong stitchery]• Kamishibai story pictures• Firework paintings for Chinese New Year
BOOK-based Programming
Why Folktales
• Folktales come from the oral tradition & are usually easy and appropriate to read & share aloud
• Folktales come from the traditional cultures of a place/people and are usually authentic
• Folktales usually convey a moral or message or story that the kids will find familiar and easy to understand or relate to because of their own literary repertoire
General Program Format
• Theme/topic
• Map /globe
• Book
• Cultural/historic information
• Mood Setters [music, food, realia, videos, photographs]
• Craft/activity
ANANSE NTONTAN "spider's web"
• Symbol of wisdom, creativity and the complexities of life
• Ananse, the spider, is a well-known character in African folktales.
AKOKO NAN = hen’s foot• symbol of nurturing and discipline
• Proverb – the hen treads on her chicks, but she does not kill them.