Suggestions+for+Paper

Hello, here are some of the suggestions people made tonight. Personally, I don’t think addressing the nutritional guidelines is something that needs to be done. Apparently that is an issue in her area, but I see no reason to nit pick or get into the nitty gritty of nutritional content for this project. It just seems a little off topic to me. I was talking to Rachel and I think we both agreed that we can clarify how we are meeting the needs of older and younger children in our separate developmental section that I am going to work on Wednesday. In terms of cultures to focus on, would we do anything in particular for this? When we were planning the program I didn’t really think it was necessary to focus in on any ones in particular. I felt like the goal would be to expose them to as many as possible in the time that we had for the program. In order to address the stereotypes issue, as Rachel mentioned, the whole reason we are doing a multicultural theme is to teach them not to judge, but to appreciate other cultures. I might add something in the paper about the fact that all of the programs would be researched in advance by the librarian, and we might consult with local members of cultural communities to make sure we are dealing with issues in a sensitive manner. These are the main points I got, let me know if you think of any others. Thanks, Darsi
 * How will we determine what cultures we focus on?
 * How will we adapt things for older and younger children?
 * Nutritional guidelines for food tasting.
 * How do we plan to avoid stereotypes.

-I agree, I don't think we should address nutritional guidelines.

-Darsi- that is good if you can clarify how we are meeting the needs of older and younger children in our separate developmental section. This is already addressed in the food section also as far as meeting standards and book choices for different age groups.

-I don't know that we need to address how to choose which cultures to focus on. I agree that we want to expose the students to a wide range of cultures to appreciate. It seems like common sense that we'd we addressing the cultural dynamics of the school we serve. In the food section, the activity is for students to think about food from their culture and how it compairs and contrasts to the food they taste in the class.

I agree that this is a good idea to add to the paper- ...about the fact that all of the programs would be researched in advance by the librarian, and we might consult with local members of cultural communities to make sure we are dealing with issues in a sensitive manner. Gail

I got the same main points Darsi listed, with the addition of a number of people commenting on the books we'll be using. Which books, how will we choose the books, etc? I'm not sure we need to focus on this too much because some of our programs have booklists in the appendix, and it was not a requirement for the school program to include booklists anyway. I think what Darsi and Gail have summed up will work just fine: So, I'm good with just a little tweaking, but overall I think we have a great program.
 * Discuss the separate needs of the older and younger kids in the developmental section
 * Talk to community members to ensure we are avoiding stereotyping
 * Don't worry about naming specific cultures. The point (as far as I'm concerned) is to expose the kids to as many as possible like Darsi has said above.

Rachel