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Here are materials and examples from recent programs and presentations. Enjoy!
NEW RESOURCE! Supporting Dual-Language Learners in Head Start Centers: A Professional Development Webcast
On June 16, 2010 the Office of Head Start launched: Ready for Success: Diversity and Multicultural Integration in Head Start and Early Head Start - Part II - Supporting Dual Language Learners with featured panelists Sandra Martinez-Siranaula, a graduate student in Bank Street≠s Bilingual Early Childhood Program (lead teacher); Nina Jaffe (Bank Street graduate faculty advisor), Jhumur Mukerjee (Early Literacy Content specialist) and Amanda Ritanti (Head Start parent). This 90-minute program - the culmination of a year-long series -focuses on working with families and young children who represent diverse languages and cultures - from Queens to Los Angeles. A new edition of the classic "Multicultural Principles for Head Start Programs", which provides a framework for the webcast, is available for downloading in PDF format. For direct access to this archived program, click HERE.
Cuentos, Canciones y Continuidad: Tradiciones líricas en la educacion de niños y adultos
Stories, Songs & Continuity: Oral Traditions in the Education of Children & Adults
Presenters: Asher Delerme and Nina Jaffe
Through live performance, demonstration, and guided interaction, children's book author Nina Jaffe (La flor de oro: Un mito taíno de Puerto Rico) and Latin-jazz percussionist Asher Delerme (Mikatá, Airborne, MPACT) led a bilingual session in which participants were able to learn and share songs, games and stories as well as discuss and consider developmental and educational applications for Migrant & Seasonal Head Start Centers. After the session, Asher and Nina led an interactive jam/intercambio de canciones with Afro-Puerto Rican, Mexican and Anglo-American music.
CuentosCanciones 2010 slideshow (PowerPoint format)