Think for a moment about the following two statistics:

About 195 diferent countries exist in the world today. Accordig to the U.S cenus bureau, the United States'' population includes individuals and familis from 150 different countries.

It is certain that as an early childhood professional you will encounter children from diverse backgrounds whose families may have come from many different countries.

It is certain that as an early childhood professional o will encounter children from diverse backgrounds whose families may have come from many different countries.

In what ways can you prepare yourself for working in early childhood settings which represent such diversity?

For this assignment, imagine the following scenario:

You are working in an erly childhood setting of your choice - a hospital, a child care center, a social service agency.

You receive word that the child of a family who has recently emigrated from a country you know nothing about will join your group soon. You want t prepare yourself to welcome the child and her family.

Luckily, you are enrolled in a course about diversity and have learned that in order to support families who have immigrated you need to know mor than surface acts about their country of origin.

In order to complete this assignment first choose a country you know nothing about a this family''s country of origin.

By Saturday of this week, post the following:

The name of "your family" country of origin. At least five way in which you will prepare yourself to be culturally responsive towards this family.

A brief statement describing in what ways you hope that these preparations will benefit boh you and the family.