Hopes and Goals...

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Hello to All the Children of the World

From the album, Wee Sing Around the World, Lyrics & Music by Nancy Klein and Pam Beall

Hello, Bonjour, Buenos di’as,

G’day, Guten Tag, Konnichi wa

Ciao, Shalom, Dobrey dyen,                     

Hello to all the children of the world!

Verse

We live in diff’rent places from all around the world.

We speak in many diff’rent ways.___

Though some things might be diff’rent, we’re children just the same,

And we all like to sing and play.

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Refrain

Hello, Bonjour, Buenos di’as,                   

G’day, Guten Tag, Konnichi wa

Ciao, Shalom, Dobrey dyen,                     

Hello to all the children of the world!

Verse

There are children in the deserts, 

and children in the towns

And children who live by the sea.

If we could meet each other to run and sing and play,

Then what good friends we all could be.

Refrain

Hello, Bonjour, Buenos di’as,                   

G’day, Guten Tag, Konnichi wa

Ciao, Shalom, Dobrey dyen,                     

Hello to all the children of the world!

     I challenge the EC community to go way beyond bilingualism, and truly embrace teaching practices that guarantee an environment conducive to equity and social justice for each individual within the environment.  A student is more than, for example, "a child from Mexico".  She is a person, who within her own culture also has her own name, her own family, her own experiences, her own thoughts and ideas... just like any other child.  It is a matter of going beyond surface culture, which unfortunately is often the status quo of cultural education, and pursue a deep understanding of the child and their family.
    Many, many thanks to everyone for all the thoughts, ideas, and shared experiences that have made the content of this class that much more tangible.