In regards to how Yvelisse and her family approaches having dinner together, each family member will ask each other how was their day and Yvelisse’s parents will also ask her what she did in school that day, if she attended. After this light conversation, her family will begin to eat their dinner. As said in a journal from Caribbean Quarterly, “when Cubans sit down to eat there is little or no formality to start the meal (Paponnet-Cantat, 2003).” When I think of my child Yvelisse often bringing “special” and “yummy” treats to school, I think of authentic, nourishing, and exquisite Cuban cuisine. Cuban culture approaches eating by one, respectfully incorporating other cultural cuisine traditions into their food and two, by following certain
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In pre-school and very early child care settings, the children take daily naps from anywhere of 30 minutes to an hour. Even when she is at home, I’m sure she naps under her mother’s supervision. Napping at an age like this is critical for a child’s growth and development. In regards to Cuban and/or Hispanic culture, a Press Release published by the National Sleep Foundation has noted several sleeping habits for multiple racial and/or ethnic groups. For example, “Hispanics are the most likely to say they are kept awake by financial, employment, personal relationship and/or health-related concerns (National Sleep Foundation, 2010).” Another example of a sleeping habit said to be performed by Hispanic Americans is that, “…Hispanics (22%) are the most likely to report that they sleep in the same room with their children… (National Sleep Foundation, 2010).” From what I learned in this unit, this is what we call co-sleeping. To help support and add details to this statistic, I worked retail a few years ago in a predominantly Hispanic environment. One of my coworkers told me that she used to share a two bedroom apartment between her family (consisting of her, husband, and their two daughters) with another couple that consisted of a man and his wife along with their two …show more content…
As her teacher, it is my job to assist her in the classroom with each area. For one thing, I would encourage her to try different kinds of food at lunch time. This would be an individualistic approach. As per our text, individualists “…perceive their job to be to treat children as unique and special individuals who are on the way to gaining independence (Gonzalez-Mena, 2008).” The text also states that, “individualists recognize achievement and expect even the youngest child to feel good about accomplishments (Gonzalez-Mena, 2008).” By doing this, she would be able create her own memorable experiences and she would still have the opportunity for her to take center stage in the classroom. In regards to her sleeping during naptime at school and since she may be familiar with co-sleeping, I would allow her to bring in a stuffed animal or borrow one from the classroom and use that to sleep with. She can’t be with her parents at school, so the stuffed animal would provide her with a sense of comfort and familiarity. And lastly, in regards to her attachment and separation towards her parents, since Yvelisse is closer to her mother and desires to spend more time with her father, I would call her father and express Yvelisse’s concerns to him. Then, I would give him a list of activities and/or games they could play together to help
In pre-school and very early child care settings, the children take daily naps from anywhere of 30 minutes to an hour. Even when she is at home, I’m sure she naps under her mother’s supervision. Napping at an age like this is critical for a child’s growth and development. In regards to Cuban and/or Hispanic culture, a Press Release published by the National Sleep Foundation has noted several sleeping habits for multiple racial and/or ethnic groups. For example, “Hispanics are the most likely to say they are kept awake by financial, employment, personal relationship and/or health-related concerns (National Sleep Foundation, 2010).” Another example of a sleeping habit said to be performed by Hispanic Americans is that, “…Hispanics (22%) are the most likely to report that they sleep in the same room with their children… (National Sleep Foundation, 2010).” From what I learned in this unit, this is what we call co-sleeping. To help support and add details to this statistic, I worked retail a few years ago in a predominantly Hispanic environment. One of my coworkers told me that she used to share a two bedroom apartment between her family (consisting of her, husband, and their two daughters) with another couple that consisted of a man and his wife along with their two …show more content…
As her teacher, it is my job to assist her in the classroom with each area. For one thing, I would encourage her to try different kinds of food at lunch time. This would be an individualistic approach. As per our text, individualists “…perceive their job to be to treat children as unique and special individuals who are on the way to gaining independence (Gonzalez-Mena, 2008).” The text also states that, “individualists recognize achievement and expect even the youngest child to feel good about accomplishments (Gonzalez-Mena, 2008).” By doing this, she would be able create her own memorable experiences and she would still have the opportunity for her to take center stage in the classroom. In regards to her sleeping during naptime at school and since she may be familiar with co-sleeping, I would allow her to bring in a stuffed animal or borrow one from the classroom and use that to sleep with. She can’t be with her parents at school, so the stuffed animal would provide her with a sense of comfort and familiarity. And lastly, in regards to her attachment and separation towards her parents, since Yvelisse is closer to her mother and desires to spend more time with her father, I would call her father and express Yvelisse’s concerns to him. Then, I would give him a list of activities and/or games they could play together to help