How Multicultural Studies Enhance Your Child’s Development
More than ever, people are connected. With the ability through the Internet to speak with people across the world in real-time, barriers are being broken more and more. There’s no denying that the future involves a culture comprised of many other cultures. It just isn’t possible to have a world as connected as it is currently to remain restricted by borders–culturally or otherwise. To prepare your child for this future, you need to place your child in a multicultural classroom. This article will discuss what a Montessori Education looks like and how it is incorporating multicultural studies to enhance your child’s development.
Montessori Schools
The difference between Montessori schools and other schools is how subjects are taught. The emphasis on Montessori Education is creativity. Children are far more likely to remember and enjoy learning if it’s through doing something that they already enjoy. In these classrooms, students are encouraged to follow their natural gifts and skills rather than follow a cookie cutter curriculum at a traditional school. In so doing, it allows the child to grow and develop with an understanding of what they do best. More importantly, it allows teachers how best to teach certain lessons to the student that they might struggle to understand otherwise.
Because of its emphasis on open-mindedness, Montessori Education is the perfect launching point for introducing multicultural studies to your child.
How can these studies benefit your child?
1. Communication Improvements
One of the crucial skills that your child learns early in their development is communication. An important aspect of adulthood is being able to communicate with others from different backgrounds. If you weren’t taught those skills when you were young, you may struggle with communicating effectively as an adult. Multicultural studies expose your child to various cultures when they’re young. Right from the start, they understand that there are actually very differences between human beings. They are encouraged to speak to everyone in the classroom and grow through learning about different perspectives that these other students possess.
2. Developing An Open Mind
Another important aspect that a multicultural study provides is the development of an open mind. With closed minds comes missed opportunities. A child who has an open mind is more receptive to taking chances and following their dreams. It teaches the child the fundamentals of respect. In a time where schools are really struggling to handle bullies, having your child–and the children around them–understand respect and bear it for each other is a great way to fight against bullying.
Having an open mind also encourages a child to be more sympathetic towards their peers. They may learn about certain times in history that affected a classmate and learn first-hand about the struggles that they faced. This, in turn, may make your child wish to change things so no one has to suffer the same form of treatment again. An open mind can lead your child on to achieve great things.
3. Understanding Different Cultures
Too often, students in a classroom are only introduced to the culture that they already live in. As a result, they don’t grow much as an individual. There are no key insights that they take away with them. Their development is static. It may take several years and a lucky trip to another country to introduce a new culture to them. By that time, their heart may not be as receptive to learning as it is when they’re young.
A child who learns about different cultures when they’re young grows quickly at a young age. Those cultures become normal to them. Since it’s imperative that the world keeps moving progressively in order to achieve unity, normalizing different cultures is vital. Your child could herald the inclusiveness that will change both society and the government.
Give Your Child The Best Opportunity For Their Future
It’s no secret that those who are able to learn from other cultures are the most successful and self-fulfilled people in the world. They are able to solve problems creatively and in ways that many other people never would have been able to see. If you want to give your child the best opportunity for success, then you should check out our school. We offer Montessori Education in Plano, Texas, as well as the surrounding areas: Carrollton, The Colony, Addison, Frisco, Richardson, and North Dallas. We can give your child a multicultural education that will help them grow into the best version of themselves.
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Executive Director at American Montessori Campus
I have a life long passion of teaching kids. I received my Montessori certification in 1996 from American Montessori Society. We started AMC in 2007 and have grown to be the premier Montessori in Plano, Texas.