Benefits and Examples of Exploring Diverse Cultures and Languages in Early Childhood

Running head: LANGUAGE AND LITERACIES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
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Benefits and examples of exploring diverse cultures and languages in early childhood for 3
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About this handbook
Diversity is a critical part of the contemporary society and unbeknownst to them, children
come across the experience of diversity from a very early age. This booklet is designed in
order to help early learning educators develop strategies for incorporating the understanding
of diversity in their curriculum. However, this booklet also serves the purpose of helping the
educators understand why this kind of an incorporation is important for the children.
The objective of this booklet is to strategically point out which aspects of early learning
education is in need of understanding the relevance and importance of cultural competence in
3 -4 year old children. The booklet aims to cover:
 A deeper understanding of cross cultural significance in early childhood.
 Appreciation of the ways early childhood education can incorporate cultural
competence building elements in their practices.

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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Understanding Diversity and the EYLF.....................................................................................4
How to tune children to be culturally competent.......................................................................5
Building a learning environment................................................................................................6
Teaching and Learning Strategies..............................................................................................7
Questions and responses............................................................................................................8
Creativity in classroom strategies..............................................................................................9
Responsible interventions..........................................................................................................9

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Benefits and examples of exploring diverse cultures and languages in early childhood
for 3 year old children.
(Adams, 2018)
Introduction
Early childhood is considered one of those developmental phases where the social,
cultural, cognitive and linguistic skills develop the most. Like a soft dough that can be
moulded to give it any shape, children in early childhood are more prone to experiences that
will determine what path their development would take. For educators, therefore, it becomes
the responsibility to ensure that the development of children take a path that not only benefits
their development of relevant skills but also helps them understand a lot of other key aspects
that as humans, becomes important to understand in a multi-cultural society. Diversity of
cultures and languages is one of such aspects that needs to be explored in depth. Children’s
development of language and literacy through exploring diverse cultures and languages
within the classroom not only enhances their development and skill acquisition but also
ensures a steady growth and settlement into a lifestyle of mutual understanding, harmony and
respect.