All Kinds of Families

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Here at Twinkl, we know that although it’s important to teach the national curriculum, it actually goes beyond that. As an educator yourself, you know that teaching children sets them up for their later life. Part of that involves helping children to understand diversity so that when they grow up, they’ll include all people in society. I like how it also talks about the terminology within family such as: cousin, nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, brother, son etc. and how each one is still a apart of your family, no matter what name or label you put onto them. It also talks about how you can make your own family once you grow up and that your new family and old family can all come together and be part of one collective family. PIP: We went to the beach. But you know what's annoying? I was making sandcastles and my brothers kept stepping on them! This book meets the criteria for diverse literature because it shows different types of families. No one family is alike, some have multiple children while some have two dads. I think that this book is diverse because it shows children that there are many different aspects to families and that just because their family is not the same as another does not mean that theirs is any worse or better. All families of any kind are good families. Whether playing in the snow or crash landing in leaves, two is enough to make life-long memories. Two is enough for joy, love, comfort, support, celebration and a family. This book is a wonderful celebration of single parents and will be a great joy to any child being raised by one parent. Through its lovely illustrations and rhyming narrative, the book shows that two is definitely enough to make a family.

Fountas, I, & Pinnell, G.S. (2006). Teaching for comprehension and fluency: thinking, talking, and writing about reading, K-8 (Ed.), Engaging readers in thinking and talking about texts through interactive read-aloud (pp. 215-236). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Firth, H., Forge, A., & Hubert, J. (2006). Families and their Relatives. Routledge. (Original work published 1970) When Makayla visits all her friends in the neighbourhood, she sees how everyone’s family is different. Some friends have divorced parents; some live with their grandparents. Some families have lots of children; others have none. Some friends have two dads; others have just one. How does Makayla’s family compare? And what makes each of them so great? In this book, children can compare and contrast the families to how they’re similar and different. The students will look at their own family structures and share their thoughts on what it means to be a family. The lesson includes an information sheet, a video clip task, a key term matching activity, a reflection-based main activity, and a plenary task.

Types Of Family Activities For Kids And Parents

Extended families consist of parents, children, and other relatives such as grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, and so on.

have the special quality of engaging children because they deal with experiences which have rich emotional meaning for them. Her books explore a A matriarchal family is one in which the mother or a female has absolute authority over the family. Functionalists stress how the family as a social institution sustains societies (Turner, 2006, pp. 189-195). These functions include the socialization of children, regulation of sexual activity, provision of social identities, provision of support, and intergenerational reproduction of cultural values. ConclusionI would definitely recommend this as a good read because it enables each student to relate to the context of the book to their own personal lives. It can also help them develop different perspectives ands help them learn acceptance and inclusion of those around them. Bales, R. F., & Parsons, T. (2014). Family: Socialization and Interaction Process. Routledge. (Original work published 1955) Every Kind of Family PowerPoint - A great resource to give an overview of the different types of families.