Unconsciously, she tightens her grip on the children's hands and moves to cross the street. Make your program reflect the children in your care. Lesser recommends incorporating everyday items from the children's cultures into play areas, such as empty boxes of common foods for the house area. Make sure that dolls reflect a variety of cultures. Build the children's cultural practices into life at child care, recommends Monroe.
Musical activities can help African American children feel comfortable.
Three preschoolers are washing baby dolls of different colors. A teacher comes over and begins a discussion with the children about skin color. She recommends asking children questions to let them express their ideas first. He refuses to play with a girl at his child care center because she is black. One day he sees a picture of an African American man and says it's the man who stole his father's car.