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You are sitting on the lounge reading a story to two 4 - year - olds, Jock and Max. The story is about an Aboriginal
boy and his dog called "Rabbit". The boy tells the story of how the dog got his unusual name. The illustrations
show the boy living in a large country town where traditional practices are embraced. At the conclusion of the
story the following conversation takes place:
Jock (pointing to one of the pictures): "Aboriginals have spears and sometimes they eat bugs".
Max: "Yuck, I don't like to eat bugs".
Educator: "It's called bush tucker and it can be delicious!"
a) Suggest how the educator can further promote anti-bias and respect for diversity?
I wrote: Involve families in sharing their traditions. In fact, instead of deciding yourself which tradition you would like to expose children to, ask families what they would like to share.
Try to expose children to role models from their own culture as well as to those from other cultures. Seeing adults developing positive relationships with people who are different offers an important model and teaches children to value such relationships.
Make a point of where all the children in the group come from by hanging a map and tagging locations with child's name and country of orgin.
Each week discuss or even invite parents to share words, phases from their language, songs and food.
Am I on the right track?
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