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I come across these quotations from Maya Angelou which is relevant to our program

*It is time for parents to teach young people early on, that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

*We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.
                                                                                                                    

One of my favorite books

 

The Giving Tree written by Shel Silverstein

This book is about the little boy who comes to visit the tree every day. He gets and eats the fruit from it, climbs, swings on it and even makes a crown from its leaves.

The boy grew older and went back to visit the tree. The tree asks him; how he can help him and the tree was so happy. The tree offered his fruits to sell, branches to build a house and his trunk to make a boat. Nothing was left on the tree except the small piece of trunk.

The boy is already old and came back and the tree was so happy. The tree told the boy that it has nothing to give anymore but he can sit down on it and take a rest.

This story was told and read to me by mom when I was little and I got the opportunity to share it with my preschool children.  It is amazing how young children can relate to the story, feel sad, and at the same time understands how the tree shares, gives and gives until nothing left for itself   but still makes it very happy. I also remember how my parents  constantly has shown us, by their example, their unselfish love and always giving what they have and still make them very happy.  They never ask for anything in return and taught us to do the same thing or even better when we have our own children.

      

Image of a child's drawing :

This is a drawing of a 3 year old child. I chose this child drawing because she can express how she feels through her art. You can see how  black clouds represents rain and sadness for her.  She also scribbles and imitates how I write.  She came to me and read what she wrote:  “Nina is sad because it is raining and I miss my daddy”.

Every time a child draw something I make sure I write their names, date it and  put words into their art.