Connecting With Mexican-American Families

Building on Robust Social Skills: The Cultural Assets of Young Mexican American Children is an Edutopia post that offers some useful information, particularly its suggestions on how educators can connect with Latino families.

Here are a couple of the suggestions:

  • Familiarize yourself with the families and communities that have raised your students. Learning more about their many assets involves learning about their families, language, culture, history and community. The more you know and understand, the more likely you are to teach your young students effectively.
  • Recognize the strong foundation that your children’s families have built. Families are a great resource and often want to be involved. Connect with them and include them in activities that support their developing a repertoire of learning interactions with their children. For example, loan them books (in the home language or picture books) that they can read or talk about with their children.

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