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Rearing a preschool Saudi child in the US
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Rearing a Preschool
Saudi Child in the
US
This WebQuest is intended to
enhance the cultural competency of
daycare providers and teachers
working with Saudi children aged 35 and provide them with deep
insights into the development of
preschool children.
By Reem Algheryafi, PT, MHS student
E-mail: algheryafir@uindy.edu
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Introduction
The number of Saudi parents who were
granted scholarships to study in the US
universities increased dramatically over
the past eight years. Accordingly, the
number of preschool children increased
in the daycares, and it is expected to
increase more in the following years.
The child care providers might notice
some differences between Saudi and
American children in terms of social,
cognitive, and motor development.
To the US…
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You have a Saudi child in your preschool
classroom. This is his first time to be in a child
care center in the US. You notice that:
He doesn’t play with all peers
He mumbles when he talks with you and you
might understand only few words
He doesn’t talk as much as his peers or
interact with you when you tell a story
Consequently, most of his peers are not
interested to be with him in a play group, and you
suspect that he has some developmental issues.
It’ll take you an
hour..
Let’s begin my
story!
Do you want to solve the problems listed above
and rule out your suspicion?
If yes, your job is to read the materials
provided in this WebQuest, watch videos, and
take notes of the points you feel that will help
you in overcoming these problems.
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In this WebQuest, you will learn about the items below.
Go throughout the slides subsequently. If at any time you would like to view a
specific section, just click on the item you need below.
Social & Emotional Development
Gender Differences in Play
Motor Development
Communication & Cognitive Development
Learning Second Language
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Social and Emotional Development
Is the child developing age-appropriate
skills?
Read through the following websites:
3 year old
4 year old
5 year old
Copies what other
children do
Successfully
enters a
group of
children
Uses Facial
expressions
Real
friendship
Typical social and emotional skills do not
develop exactly in the same way for all
preschoolers. Find some tips and helpful
activities in this website to improve the
child social-emotional development.
If you are interested to read more about
how to improve these skills, please visit
this website.
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Gender Differences in Play
I don’t want to play
with her teddy bear
I’m interested in
playing with cars or..
guns
But sometimes
it’s OK to play
with girls,..
..and I get
really excited
You might notice that many Saudi
children are not always interested in
playing with peers of the opposite sex
because they are interested in different
types of play or different toys.
View the following websites to take
notes on how to deal with gender
segregation:
Reducing stereotyping in the
classroom (read only the suggestions)
How to make the preschool
experience better for both boys and
girls
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Motor Development
Although the interests of boys and
girls might differ than each other in
Saudi Arabia, most preschool Saudi
children participate in same activities
as American children do. Read
through the following websites to
identify the typical development of
motor skills of preschoolers and the
red flags:
Gross motor skills
Fine motor skills
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Motor Development
View the following websites or the 1st website and the video. For
now, focus on learning 3 new activities you have never done
before in your class to enhance preschoolers’ motor skills:
Gross motor skills website
Fine motor skills website or video
Visiting these websites frequently later may help you apply
different activities in your classroom
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Communication and Cognitive Development
Cognitive development refers to how children think, make sense of
the world, and utilize what they learn. Because children learn from
their surroundings, community, and family, their cognitive
development is influenced by their cultural background.
View these websites, and take notes of the activities & guidelines:
Cognitive development (read only the milestones and the activities to
improve them)
The culture influences and guidelines (only p. 34-35)
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Communication and Cognitive Development
Preschoolers learn to
understand others and
express their ideas and
feelings through written
and spoken language using
drawings and complex
phrases and sentences.
Learn about
communication through
the following website:
Communication and
red flags
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Learning Second Language
Silent period
Beginning
to talk
You can expect that children who
are learning English as a second
language go through stages in
picking up English.
The stages (read only the stages)
What you might see in the
stages (only p. 40-41)
Building
up
English
language
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Learning Second Language
How to help preschoolers in your classroom learn English?
Please take notes of what you can do in your classroom:
English and children’s home language
Teaching English language video
Teaching English language website
In the last website, you will find vital words that you need to learn in
the child’s home language. Please study these words in Arabic :
Words
Phonetics
Words
Phonetics
Words
Phonetics
Hello
Marhaba
Goodbye
Inside
Dakhel
Outside
Barah
Drink
Eshrab
Bathroom
Hammaam
Bye or
Ma’a
salaamah
Clean up
nathef
Stop
Wagef or
khalaas
Friend
Sadeeq
Wash hands
Sit here
Ejles hena
Look
Shoof
Mommy’s
coming soon
Mama jaya
gareeb
Yes
Ei or na’am
No
La’a
Gassel
yadek
Eat
kell
Come here
Ta’al
Gentle
khafeef
Hurt
Alam
More
Akthar
Play
El’ab
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I don’t understand what you
say.. Can you please say
these words in Arabic?
Across
3. Stop
5. Yes
6. Eat
8. No
10. More
11. Look
12. Hurt
Down
1. Play
2. Friend
4. Thanks
7. Bathroom
9. Inside
Click here to get the
printable criss-cross puzzle
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Evaluate What you Have Learned
Answer the following questions. Once you feel that you don’t know the answer
or you are not sure about it, just click on “View slide” to review the slide related
to the corresponding question:
1) State 4 ways to reduce gender stereotyping among Saudi children. View slide
2) You have a shy Saudi child in your classroom. What do you might do to
encourage him to talk with you and with peers? View slide
3) List 3 gross motor and 3 fine motor activities you can apply in your classroom
or the playground to enhance preschoolers' motor skills. View slide
4) List 5 strategies you can use in your classroom to facilitate learning English as
a second language for Saudi preschoolers. View slide
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Evaluate What you Have Learned
True or false? (When you finish, click “enter” to view all the answers)
1) The development of a child can be considered abnormal if he uses more complex
language to express his feelings at age 5.
False. It’s normal.
2) If you notice that a child cannot use a fork well or is unable to draw a circle
independently, and his movements seem shaky at age 4, you need to talk to
parents to see a doctor or an occupational therapist.
True.
3) This WebQuest has enough information to learn about Saudi Arabian culture that
you don’t need to ask the child’s family about its cultural background.
False. You need to learn as much as you can about each child’s family background
because rearing practices differ across regions and families in Saudi Arabia.
4) You notice that a Saudi child usually write English letters from right to left. Thus, the
child might have a developmental delay.
False. It’s normal because Arabic is written from right to left, and the child is probably
confused.
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This WebQuest provided you with
some information that targeted your
cultural competency when working
with Saudi preschoolers. It explained
some similarities and differences
between Saudi and American children,
the preschoolers’ typical development,
and how to enhance their
development.
However, remember that you always
need to talk with parents or other
family members to learn about their
environment and culture.
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Hope you found my story helpful!!
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This WebQuest was done by Reem A. Algheryafi, a licensed physical therapist in Saudi
Arabia. She is currently doing her masters in health science with concentration on
pediatrics at the University of Indianapolis in the US.
This WeQuest was created as an assignment for OTPP 612 Early Childhood
Development. Special thanks to Dr. Jennifer Fogo for suggesting the topic of this
WebQuest and her guidance. Also, thanks to University Heights United Methodist
Church Children’s Center for allowing me to make some observations to enrich this
WebQuest with useful idea. Finally, thanks to my husband for helping me in designing
some slides, and thanks to my nephew, Zain, and his parents for allowing me to use
his pictures.
Permission is granted for others to use and learn from this WebQuest without making
modifications while the author of this WebQuest is credited.
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Differences in play between boys and girls:
http://www.madeformums.com/games-and-activities/differences-in-play-betweenboys-and-girls/381.html
Gender differences, preschool:
http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Gender_Preschool/
Gender differences in play:
http://www.education.com/reference/article/gender-differences-play/
Physical health 3-4 & 4-5:
http://www.pbs.org/parents/childdevelopmenttracker/three/physicalhealth.html
http://www.pbs.org/parents/childdevelopmenttracker/four/physicalhealth.html
A study comparing the differences in the theory of mind development across cultures:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3LflkOVBLrqUUY5ZmF2Sk9TSDQ/edit?usp=sharing
For voting:
http://poll.pollcode.com/8436121
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