Welcoming Families from All Around the World

• The name of “your” family’s country of origin: Liberia
• At least five ways in which you will prepare yourself to be culturally responsive towards this family:

1. Learn greetings in their language: Hello, good morning, good bye and verbs like: Go, eat, sit, play, sleep, etc. in order to help the child transition into a new environment without stress.

2. Research cultural holidays and celebrations and display a picture or map of Liberia in the classroom. This will allow the child to remain connected with his cultural and embrace differences. 

3. Allow families time for prayer, bible study, or scripture reading. According to the CIA World Fact Book 85% of Liberians are Christian. 

4. During meal time I would make sure that our center or site is able to offer rice with every meal because it is a staple food in Liberia and can be a transitional food used to explore American dishes. I would also make sure that we are able to offer healthy but familiar alternatives i.e Bananas vs. Plantains. 

5. Lastly, I will make sure to have an open line of communication on a daily basis where the family can ask questions and/or provide feedback. 

• A brief statement describing in what ways you hope that these preparations will benefit both you and the family.

Overall I hope to accomplish a sense of trust and safety with the new family upon arrival with these preparations. My desire would be to make their transition to our country as smooth as possible. 

Central Intelligence Agency (2015) CIA World Fact Book. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/li.html