1. Parents meeting 03.09.15 1

2.  Autumn 2014: “Language and playing hand in hand”  Spring 2015: “Who are we?” How to highlight that we have children with multiple languages and multiple cultures?  Year 2015-2016: “Who are we?” How can we pair culture with language and playing? 2

3. With the employees:  Attitudes  Positive  Interest  Understanding  Knowledge  Children’s identity 3

4. With the children:  Joy  Translator  Knowledge  Proud  Fun  Language  Varied backgrounds 4

5. With the parents:  Positive feedback  Involved  Helped and contributed  Talked more  The greatest source 5

6.  “The children should be allowed to develop tolerance and interest for each other and respect for each other’s backgrounds, no matter cultural and religious or spiritual belonging.”  “The children should be allowed knowledge of Christian holidays and traditions and traditions inked to holidays and religions which are represented in the child group.”  “The children should be allowed to get to know religion, ethics and philosophy as a part of culture and society.” 6

7.  The children’s different experiences and knowledge regarding language, culture and religion should be reflected every day in the kindergarten.  All children shall be able to find recognition that confirms their identities.  The kindergarten shall reflect and respect the diversity which is represented in the child group,  as well as bringing along values in Christian and humanistic inheritance and tradition. 7

8. We want:  To give the children joint experiences for further development of playing and language. 8

9. We want :  To highlight the cultural and linguistic diversity we have in the kindergarten. 9

10. We want:  To recognise and support the child’s identity. 10

11. We want:  To encourage interest and respect for each other’s holidays and traditions. 11

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