mammumof4
18-03-2013, 11:42 PM
I'm not even sure how to word this, I've had a phone call from a parent today. I could tell straight away that she doesn't speak very good English, she is coming to see me tomorrow. I'm nervous!
How do you go about asking about their culture without seeming nosey or prying into there life? Does that make sense? I already feel that communication is going to be hard, I'm already worrying about learning journeys ect and she hasn't even signed the contract yet.
I do have multi cultural toys and posters ect in my setting but I've never really given a lot of thought to it. I know this sounds bad and I should know all this already and obviously I have an inclusion and multi cultural policy but putting it into practice seems daunting, more than anything I don't want to offend her by asking the wrong questions. I'm getting myself quite worked up about this and I can't say I've seen any posts on here before about this subject.
How do you go about asking about their culture without seeming nosey or prying into there life? Does that make sense? I already feel that communication is going to be hard, I'm already worrying about learning journeys ect and she hasn't even signed the contract yet.
I do have multi cultural toys and posters ect in my setting but I've never really given a lot of thought to it. I know this sounds bad and I should know all this already and obviously I have an inclusion and multi cultural policy but putting it into practice seems daunting, more than anything I don't want to offend her by asking the wrong questions. I'm getting myself quite worked up about this and I can't say I've seen any posts on here before about this subject.