Good afternoon,
My name is Eunice and I am a graduate student at the College of New Rochelle in
New York. Currently I work in HR but I am working towards my degree in early
childhood education. When I was five my family moved from Mexico City to New
York. I attended a Catholic elementary and high school and graduated from IONA
College.
I am lucky to have parents who know the importance of education and a nurturing
environment, but I know that there are many children who are not as lucky. My
dream is to open a daycare center that gives pre-school children who come from
low-income families the chance to prepare for school. I would love to provide
an environment where children can play, socialize and learn to love learning!
I am taking LIT 501- Introduction to Literacy, and one of our assignments is to
create a plan for family involvement in literacy. I need to make a plan to
reach out to two different types of families (i.e., working class families who
are literate but may not value books or may not have time to read with their
children/families whose first language may not be English). I must include how
to communicate, what I will ask the family to do to support the child's
literacy, what will I do to make/print/send home in order to make this work,
and how will I follow up to make this a year-long connection.
Because I am currently not in a school environment, I am looking for what some
of your experiences have been with families who may have the needs but not the
desire or time to read with their children, and families who are immigrants and
sending their children (whose primary language may not be English) to school
for the first time.
Any advice/ideas are greatly appreciated!!!
~ Eunice
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