1. Welcome
Please complete the self-assessment before we get started

2. The Full Participation of Each Child
What is Full Participation?
Session 1

3. Session 1 Objectives
Explain what is meant by full participation and why it is so important in New Mexico
Describe the concept of personal culture
Describe the benefits of incorporating the cultures, languages, values, and priorities of children and families in all aspects of early childhood programs and practices
Describe respectful, responsive and effective practices for supporting each young child and their family

4. The beginnings
of your cultural journey What is your earliest memory of realizing that your family was different?

5. Each young child in New Mexico
is on a journey toward
achieving their full potential
This course is about tools,
practices and strategies
you can use to support that
potential through each child’s full participation

6. What Is Full Participation?
The range of practices that promote engagement in play, learning, development and a sense of belonging for each child
Source: New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department. (2014). FOCUS on young children’s learning: Essential elements of quality for center-based child care programs. Retrieved from

7. Source: The text of the NM guiding principles may be found at and the brochure is at

8. Each child has diverse strengths rooted in his or her family’s unique culture, heritage, language, beliefs, and circumstances

9. Each child has unique gifts and abilities that are to be celebrated and nurtured

10. Each child has enormous promise