Early Child Studies

Young children are naturally curious about differences and one of the ways they make sense of their world is to sort things into different categories and focus on one thing at a time. Therefore my hope to families that they talk with their children about differences allows them to feel good about whom they are and appreciate diversity in themselves and others. My goal is to support children and families from diverse backgrounds by promoting understanding of and mutual respect for diversity. Children benefit when ECE do this because it creates an inclusive environment where everyone can participate and feel connected. A strong sense of belonging helps children understand and appreciate differences in themselves and others, which ultimately benefits their mental health and wellbeing.I would like everyone in this course for your support and participation. You comments and discussion posts were motivational and kept me going strong all the way to the end. 

The child and his family that will join my class soon are emigrated from Thailand and here are some preparation before the child joins my class.  I need to make sure that I will give this family a great first impression from the first time they enter my classroom. A friendly greeting with smile is a must and I need to make sure to pronounce their names correctly because Thai names are not familiar with me and its hard to remember. Calling people with their correct pronouncing names is important because it bring closeness and its self identity and I need to make sure they feel comfortable and most important the child feels comfortable with me in my class. I need to do research and gather information about the child and the family. For example, how many children are in the family? Do they understand any English?  Do they speak other languages? Do they have relatives here who speak English  to help them with translation? How long have they been in the Unite...

I am an immigrant in Los Angeles and living in a diverse city, I experience racial micro aggression. For example. I remember years ago we had a white neighbor that we got into argument with because of parking and he said to us “ you guys don’t know how to park your cars and you should go back to your country where you came from.” His message was offensive and insulting and we felt humiliated. We also felt discriminate and weak because we couldn’t speak back to him since our English wasn’t fluent and we were very new to this country. I remember for a while my family was hurt from his words.    Dr. Wing Sue (2004) has stated in the video that micro aggressions are some fleeting everyday humiliations that may be verbal, behavioral or environmental that are conveyed unintentional or unintentional, and it has an insulting implication behind it and he also mentioned “Micro aggression can cause severe psychological distress and harm” (Laureate 2011). In order to change this incide...