Welcoming Families From Around the World

The country that I have chosen is Nigeria. 

I will prepare myself to be culturally responsive by doing the following.

1. Research the country - looking at the country's different newspapers and what I ever else I could find on line.  I would also keep in mind that not everything we read on the internet is true. 
2. I would like to meet with the family to learn more about that.  What their expectations are of our program. 
3. I would look at the child's enrollment paperwork to see if there is a local city listed that the family is from or anyother information that may be helpful. 
4. I would also try and learn a few simple phrases in the local language. 
5. Prepare some classroom materials for different lab areas - music from Nigeria, books that are culturally appropriate from Nigeria and dramatic play toys as well. 

By doing these things I would like to hope we can make the transition a little smoother for the family and child.I want to be able to keep an open line of communication with the family.  I also hope that we can be more culturally sensitive.