Part 1: After reviewing Principles of Family Engagement Strategies website((( ))). Pick one strategy from the list that is important to you and describe how you would implement it in your classroom. When you read chapter 8 you will find many suggestions for implementing the strategies. For Example: I Picked “#4 Program provides learning activities for the home and community.” If I was a teacher I would send home a list of activities families could do with their child each month. For example at the beginning of the year I would provide cards with different colors on them, so an activity would be to go on a walk around the house and find items that are the same color. Then go outside and repeat the activity. Families can also do this as they are driving and see cars and signs of different colors. Part 2: After reading Chapter 8 and watching And Tango Makes Three. video link – Consider the role of family in our ECE programs and the teachers role in supporting families. Answer the following questions: 1. Describe the zookeepers decision and how it helped out two penguin families. 2. List two things that the Penguins t do to be good fathers to their chick, and then explain how their actions are similar to things your family does for you. 3. What defines a family in your opinion? 4.In your workplace or future workplace identify 3 strategies you would use to welcome and partner with all families. 5. Would having a child in your class with 2 fathers or 2 mothers change how you support children? Explain. Part 3 Consider the responsibility we have as teachers to help children learn to feel pride in their own family/culture and to celebrate the diversity around us. Select a Children’s book that celebrates diversity that would be appropriate for children 1-8years of age. Include: Title, Author, what the book is about and why you picked it. Extra point if you include a picture of the front cover of the book. The typed response: Use Times New Roman font style. 12 pt font. Double Spaced

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