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On reflection

Even if you do not have children from varied religious or ethnic backgrounds in your setting, you can and should reflect the world's diversity, with ideas from Denise Bailey Delivering a curriculum that celebrates cultural and ethnic diversity can sometimes feel a daunting task for settings with children from a single ethnic group, yet it is vital that all settings reflect our multicultural, multi-ethnic society in a positive way.

Delivering a curriculum that celebrates cultural and ethnic diversity can sometimes feel a daunting task for settings with children from a single ethnic group, yet it is vital that all settings reflect our multicultural, multi-ethnic society in a positive way.

Practitioners often fear that their efforts may be tokenistic or insensitive. However, there are many simple ways to help children to develop positive perspectives on other cultures.

Forging links

One of the best ways to develop children's understanding of other cultures in a meaningful way is by forging links with settings whose intake includes different ethnic groups. Children will enjoy exchanging information through letters, drawing, photographs, tapes or even videos, which can be displayed in the setting. It might even be possible to arrange visits between settings if they are not too far apart.

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