0:00:00.066,0:00:01.136
>> It's their environment.

0:00:01.136,0:00:02.886
It's their second home.

0:00:03.336,0:00:09.026
So, we really try to make it inviting and[br]welcoming for them and a part of them.

0:00:09.026,0:00:12.186
Our environment reflects[br]families and culture in the way

0:00:12.826,0:00:15.346
that we have a family tree in the classroom.

0:00:15.546,0:00:21.276
And so, at the beginning of the school year, we[br]ask parents, we encourage parents to provide us

0:00:21.276,0:00:24.076
with a picture or two of their family.

0:00:24.316,0:00:27.456
And then, we display that[br]picture on our family tree.

0:00:27.636,0:00:32.096
The children get very, very excited[br]to see their picture up on the tree.

0:00:32.096,0:00:36.536
They go show all the other teachers,[br]their friends, their peers their families.

0:00:36.786,0:00:38.996
And so, they might be talking[br]about their brother,

0:00:39.086,0:00:42.256
but we might not have ever seen their[br]brother, so they're able to show us

0:00:42.256,0:00:44.516
on their family picture who their brother is.

0:00:45.216,0:00:50.206
We also provide other opportunities for[br]the parents to describe their children,

0:00:50.206,0:00:57.076
so we have pictures of the children with[br]words that their parents have provided for us

0:00:57.286,0:01:02.396
and three words that describe them in[br]the way that the children feel special

0:01:02.396,0:01:06.456
because their parents were part of[br]putting those pictures together.

0:01:06.806,0:01:07.676
We printed the pictures.

0:01:07.676,0:01:08.976
The parents provided the words.

0:01:09.386,0:01:12.766
And so, they are able to see[br]themselves and those pictures

0:01:12.766,0:01:15.466
and the words that their parents provided.

0:01:15.796,0:01:22.446
We also provide opportunities for[br]the families to share special events

0:01:22.446,0:01:28.146
that they've been going to, special[br]activities that they've been doing at home,

0:01:28.396,0:01:32.666
and they provide the pictures and[br]then we display them in the classroom.

0:01:32.666,0:01:37.236
And the children get very, very excited[br]about showing their peers maybe a family trip

0:01:37.236,0:01:40.866
that they went on or a vacation[br]that they took or something special

0:01:40.866,0:01:41.966
that they might have done at home.

0:01:42.236,0:01:48.946
And so, we're able to showcase those pictures[br]for the children to feel apart of the classroom

0:01:49.186,0:01:51.906
by having those pictures here with them.