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Chapter 25 Creative Multicultural Ideas

Discover how to integrate art as a pathway to creative multicultural learning in education. This guide emphasizes planning activities that build a common bond among children, focusing on familiar art, multicultural posters, and treasure chests to create a comfortable environment for bicultural learners. Explore the world through art objects, beyond their physical forms, and bring diverse cultures into the classroom. Avoid touristy themes and instead, connect with themes that resonate universally with all children. Embrace a curriculum planning approach that highlights themes easily identifiable and relatable to children, avoiding historical events, and emphasizing the similarities and differences among children and families within the group. Create a rich and inclusive classroom environment by incorporating toys from various cultures, exploring diversity opportunities, and showcasing multicultural images throughout the room. Utilize bilingual and bicultural books in your language arts center, and tap into reputable sources like the American Library Association and Chapter 25 web references for quality multicultural reading materials.

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Chapter 25 Creative Multicultural Ideas

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  1. Chapter 25Creative Multicultural Ideas Planning Common Bond Themes Art: Avenue to Creative Multicultural Learning Planning Multicultural Activities Picture Books and Multicultural Education

  2. Planning Common Bond Themes First step to multicultural curriculum planning Themes common to all children Themes children can easily identify with Avoiding tourist curriculum themes

  3. Art: Avenue to Creative Multicultural Learning Art as worldview Art objects—go beyond physical existence Bring cultures into the classroom Familiar art and art activities—provide comfort for bicultural children Multicultural posters Multicultural treasure chest

  4. Planning Multicultural Activities Young children are not ready to learn facts Avoid focus on historical events, wars, past presidents and rulers Focus on similarities and differences of children Focus on children and families in group

  5. Planning Multicultural Activities (continued) Include toys from other cultures Explore classroom for diversity opportunities Multilanguage books, tapes, music Create a class “Book about Us” Display multicultural images throughout the room

  6. Picture Books and Multicultural Education Read bilingual books Stock language arts center with bilingual and bicultural books American Library Association—source for good multicultural books Web references in Chapter 25—source for good multicultural books

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