It is important for early childhood educators to have the opportunity to create developmentally appropriate creative activities for diverse young children. Educators should consider a wide variety of cultural, ethnic, religious, income, language and other diverse needs of children and families.
For this assignment, you will select an age group (2-3, 3-4, 4-5, or 6-8) and create a multicultural creative activity plan for your selected age group.
The multicultural activity should incorporate ways for children to express their thinking, knowledge, and ideas; explore, try out, and create with new and different kinds of mediums; and incorporate multiculturalism through creative activity. Finally, the activity should provide an opportunity for children to be creative!
Using the Assignment Template, include the following in your plan:
1. Create a name for your activity and describe the multicultural activity.2. Identify the age group selected and provide a clear description of how the activity respects diverse cultural backgrounds and can build effective relationships3. Describe the objective of your activity by explaining what the children will learn or be able to do at the conclusion of the activity.4. List any materials needed by the educator(s) or the children to perform/complete the activity.5. List the sequence of events to perform the activity, starting with how the educator(s) will introduce the activity to the children and ending with the completion of the activity.6. Identify one way the activity allows children to explore, try out, and create with new and different kinds of mediums.7. Discuss how you will assess learning with this activity while respecting multicultural experiences.