Culturally Responsive Practices Plan TEMPLATE

Part Two: Family Perspectives

Due: Week Three, Sunday by 11:59 pm via
Points: 25 Points
NOTE: This assignment requires that you interview one or more of the child’s family members. Please plan ahead so you can
submit your assignment on time.
1. Revisit the culturally-bound topics (caregiving practices, role of language, discipline, independence and interdependence,
learning and development, and communication with adults) discussed in Family Engagement and Cultural Perspectives:
Applying Strengths-Based Attitudes.
2. Identify what, if any, of the information you have already learned directly from the family.
3. Record the information you already learned in the chart below.
4. For information you do not already have, you will interview the family about their perspectives. Use the interview questions
in the chart below and/or translate into the family’s home language. You may, however, need to ask follow-up questions to
ensure that you get the information you need. Please be sure to include the summaries the family member’s responses.
(Note: We strongly recommend that you interview the family in a face-to-face interview.)

Summaries of family member’s Related questions for you to

General questions about the early learning
setting
In thinking about your child’s experiences in the
early learning setting what is most important to
you?
What are your expectations for your child in the
early learning setting?
What are your expectations of the early
learning program?
responses consider (Please respond to the
questions below)
try to improve his behavior. Avoid hitting. In thinking about the early learning
setting, what is most important for
For him to learn all his shapes and the child?
numbers and the alphabet by the time he
transitions to the 2-year-old class I think the most important thing for
the child is to collaborate with his
Learning through play. Providing a clean peers so it can help him regulate his
environment. behavior and learn to share.

What are your expectations for the

child?

Caregiving practices
1. How do you comfort/soothe your child
when he/she is upset?
2. Does your child feed him/herself? If so,
what methods does he/she use?
My expectations for the child in the
learning setting are for him to
interact and share with other
children.
What are your expectations for the
family?
To continue to offer learning
activities at home.
What personal and professional
experiences have shaped your
perspectives?
The first early years of the child’s
life are important. Parents are the
child’s first teachers. They learn
from observing and through
interactions and experiences.
What values and beliefs do you
think inform your perspectives?
My values and beliefs I think inform
my perspective is relationships and
collaborations.
try not to say no. Tell him what he’s doing What are your expectations for the
it’s not okay. They try to distract him with child?
toys or say shh and he’ll copy and calm My expectation for the child is for
down him to understand what is wrong
and what is right.
Yes he feeds himself. He uses his fingers
and a spoon What are your expectations for the
family?
 3. What is/was your family’s approach to
toilet training? (e.g., age, approach,
language used)
4. Tell me about your daily routines.
Include sleep schedules and other
routines
Role of language
1. What language(s) are spoken in the
home?
2. What is the child’s home language?
3. With whom does he/she communicate
in this language?
4. Tell me about the ways you use the
child’s home language at home?
Bought him a little potty. He’ll go and sit
down but won’t go potty in the potty but
he’ll let you know if he does went potty
in his diaper
In the morning when he wakes up he
brushes his teeth, changes him, does his
hair, he knows the routine, then goes to
school. When they get home they’ll have
dinner, take a bath, let him stay up a little
bit watching wheels on the bus till he
gets tired and ask for his bottle, and
sometimes he can put himself to sleep or
they pat him
1. Spanish and English
2. Spanish
3. Both parents
4. Ask him to do something for me
or pick up something he threw
My expectations for the family are
to keep letting him know what he
did wrong and encourage the child
to think of solutions.
What personal and professional
experiences have shaped your
perspectives?
I believe that when children are
corrected for what they did wrong
they learn from their mistakes and
improve their problem-solving skills.
What values and beliefs do you
think inform your perspectives?
My values and beliefs I think inform
my perspective is encouragement
and kindness.
What are your expectations for the
child?
My expectation for the child is for
him to understand both languages.
What are your expectations for the
family?
My expectation for the family is to
encourage the child to learn both
languages.
What personal and professional
experiences have shaped your
perspectives?

Discipline
1. In thinking about your child’s behavior,
what are your expectations?
2. When your child’s behavior does not
meet your expectations, what do you
do?
3. What are your overall goals for your
child’s behaviors?
There are many benefits of learning
a second language such as
improving your critical thinking and
listening skills.
What values and beliefs do you
think inform your perspectives?
The values I think inform my
perspective are openness, creativity,
and diversity.
1. She doesn’t expect him to behave What are your expectations for the
the best. She thinks he’s still little. child?
Speaks to him in a formal way, not My expectations for the child are to
baby talk. understand his behavior and
2. Talks to him and lets him know. emotions.
Reads behavioral books that What are your expectations for the
relate to his behavior family?
3. To share with others and not hit My expectation for the family is to
or scratch others when he’s upset encoruage them to redirect his
behavior.
What personal and professional
experiences have shaped your
perspectives?
I believe that redirecting behaviors
allows them to recognize their
behavior and change to a positive
behavior.
What values and beliefs do you
think inform your perspectives?
My values that I think inform my
perspective is respect and change.
Independence and Interdependence
1. Tell me about your child’s bed time/nap
time routine?
2. What types of things do you expect your
child to do for him/herself (e.g., brush
teeth, put on shoes)? [May ask
follow-up questions about what age the
family member expects the child to do
these things]
3. Does your child have any responsibilities
at home (e.g, putting things away)?
Learning and Development
1. What do you expect your child to learn
this year?
2. How do you believe children learn?
3. What do you expect from your child’s
teacher/caregiver?
4. What is your role in your child’s learning
and development
AT school he naps from 12-3. He
sometimes wakes up sooner.
At home, he’ll ask for his milk, gets
carried and rocked
2. He kind of knows how to brush his
teeth already. Point out shapes numbers
letters
3. Weekends put the clean up song and
have him clean up his toys
1. His shapes
2. Independent learning, explore,
children directed
3. To correct him when he does
something wrong
4. By encouraging to learn more at
home and read books
What are your expectations for the
child?
My expectation for the child is to
gain independence
What are your expectations for the
family?
My expectation for the family is to
provide opportunities for their child
to gain independence, offer choices.
What personal and professional
experiences have shaped your
perspectives?
I believe that independence offers
the child to build confidence.
What values and beliefs do you
think inform your perspectives?
My values I think informs my
perspective is confidence and
success.
What are your expectations for the
child?
My expectations for the child is to
be able to recognize the colors and
shapes.
What are your expectations for the
family?
My expectations for the family is to
encourage learning at home.
What personal and professional
experiences have shaped your
perspectives?

Communication with Adults
1. What are some common greetings or
interactions you use at home?
2. Are there times when you encourage
your child to talk (e.g., at meals)? Are
there times when you encourage your
child to be quiet (e.g., at meals, while
adults are talking)
3. How do you expect your child to address
adults who are not family members
(e.g., by first name)
4. In your family, are there ways of
communicating that are considered
disrespectful?
Additional questions to support CLR Practices
1. How do you identify yourself culturally?
2. What role does your home culture play
in your family life?
I believe that when parents are
involved, it improves the child’s
academic, well being, cognitive, and
social skills.
What values and beliefs do you
think inform your perspectives?
My values I think inform my
perspectives are learning,
knowledge, and success.
1. Greet and hug What are your expectations for the
2. During meals were always talking child?
if adults are talking we do ask him My expectations for the child is to
to wait be able to communicate with other
3. By first name adults.
4. No
What personal and professional
experiences have shaped your
perspectives?
I believe that when children
communicate with other adults they
form relationships and improve their
communication skills.
What values and beliefs do you
think inform your perspectives?
My values and beliefs I think inform
my perspective are connections,
communications, and relationships.
1. Hispanic or Latino
2. Plays a big role in teaching him
Spanish and Hispanic tradition
3. What about your culture would be
helpful for me to know?
4. Do you have any customs that you
would like me to know about to be able
to care for and teach your child?
5. What are some of the core values of
your culture? Which are most
important to you?
6. Which, if any, of the holidays do you
celebrate have special cultural or
religious significance? How would you
like your family’s holidays into our
program?
3. Type of food he loves to eat such
as rice and beans he understands
both languages
4. Spanish and English and can’t
have too much cheese
5. Religion Catholics and Christian
6. Christmas, Easter, dia de Los
Muertos, thanksgiving.