Celebrating Our Communities: Celebrating All Cultures

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TIPS FOR CAREGIVERS Social and emotional learning SEL helps children manage emotions learn how to feel empathy create and achieve goals and make good decisions Strong lessons and support in SEL will help children establish positive habits in communication cooperation and decision-making By incorporating SEL in early reading children will learn the importance of accepting and celebrating all people in their communities BEFORE READING Talk to the reader about culture Explain that culture has to do with our ways of life Give examples of different aspects of culture Discuss Can you name some parts of your culture How would you describe your culture Can you name a part of someone else’s culture AFTER READING Talk to the reader about ways he or she can celebrate cultural differences with others Discuss What is one way you can accept another person’s culture Why should we accept others Why is it good for a community to celebrate all people SEL GOAL Children may have a loose understanding of acceptance Talk to readers about the importance of empathy in accepting and celebrating the differences of others especially as they pertain to one’s culture Ask them to think about a time when they felt left out and a time when they felt included Then ask readers to consider the feelings they had in both situations Make a list of the feelings they had when they were accepted and included and the feelings they had when they were singled out for being different Explain that our communities are better when everyone is accepted and included