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How to Involve Spanish-speaking Parents
Just because you can’t speak the parents’ language
doesn’t mean you can’t involve them or use them as
valuable resources. Use the
following tips to help
Spanish-speaking parents become more involved in your
classroom:
- Provide opportunities for parents and families to
participate in meaningful classroom instructional
activities. For example: Invite them to visit during story
time to listen to the children read, reinforcing
children’s attitudes about the importance of reading; ask
them to tell their own stories that have been handed down
through the generations; or have them monitor students’
handwriting during penmanship lessons.
- Visit students’ homes to observe their lifestyles,
communities, traditions and cultural practices.
- Provide communications from the school in both Spanish and
English, if possible.
- Find out how the students learn at home, as that will
affect how they learn in school.
- Cultivate key parents who can draw in other parents.
- Develop a relationship of comfort and trust with parents
and families.
- Be creative, sensitive, persistent and responsive.
Tips provided by 1997 National Bilingual Teacher of the Year Zeke Perez. |
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