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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Multicultural Approaches, Strategies, and Tools for Teaching Young Children | |
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| What Is Multicultural Education? | |
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| The Context of Multicultural Education | |
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| Doing Multicultural Education | |
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| Looking Ahead | |
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| Multicultural Education as Transformative Education | |
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| The Progression of Interrelated Transformation | |
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| A Critical Approach to Multicultural Curriculum and Teaching | |
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| Students and Teachers as Cultural Beings | |
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| An Invitation: Carefully Considering Approaches, Strategies, and Tools | |
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| Interviews: Encouraging Children to Ask Questions | |
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| Why Interviews as a Strategy for Teaching Multiculturally? | |
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| Ways to Use Interviews | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Considering Obstacles, Exploring Possibilities | |
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| Enacting Interviews in an Early Childhood Setting | |
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| Reflecting on Interviews as a Strategy for Teaching Multiculturally | |
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| Further Resources | |
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| Critical Inquiry: Supporting Children's Investigations | |
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| Why Critical Inquiry as a Strategy for Teaching Multiculturally? | |
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| Ways to Engage in Critical inquiry | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Considering Obstacles, Exploring Possibilities | |
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| Enacting Critical Inquiry in an Early Childhood Setting | |
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| Reflecting on Critical Inquiry as a Strategy for Teaching Multiculturally | |
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| Further Resources | |
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| Culture Circles with Multicultural Literature: Addressing Issues of Fairness | |
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| Why Culture Circles as a Way of Teaching Multiculturally? | |
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| Ways to Use Culture Circles with Multicultural Literature | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Considering Obstacles, Exploring Possibilities | |
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| Enacting Culture Circles with Multicultural Literature in an Early Childhood Setting | |
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| Reflecting on Culture Circles as a Way of Teaching Multicutturally | |
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| Further Resources | |
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| Community Resources and Home Literacies: Developing Funds of Knowledge | |
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| Why Community Resources and Home Literacies as Tools for Teaching Multiculturally? | |
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| Ways to Use Community Resources and Home Literacies | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Considering Obstacles. Exploring Possibilities | |
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| Bringing Community Resources and Home Literacies into an Early Childhood Setting | |
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| Reflecting on Community Resources and Home Literacies as Tools for Teaching Multicutturally | |
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| Further Resources | |
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| Technology: Media(ting) Multicultural Teaching | |
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| Why Technology as a Tool for Mediating Multicultural Teaching? | |
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| Ways to Use Technology | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Considering Obstacles. Exploring Possibilities | |
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| Bringing Technology into an Early Childhood Setting | |
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| Reflecting on Technology as a Tool for Mediating Multicultural Teaching | |
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| Further Resources | |
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| Storytelling and Story Acting: Creating Spaces for Children to Negotiate Change | |
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| Why Storytelling and Story Acting as Strategies for Teaching Multiculturally? | |
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| Ways to Use Storytelling and Story Acting | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Considering Obstacles, Exploring Possibilities | |
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| Enacting Storytelling and Story Acting in an Early Childhood Setting | |
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| Reflecting on Storytelling and Story Acting as Strategies for Teaching Multiculturally | |
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| Further Resources | |
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| Reflecting on the Possibilities of Teaching Multiculturally: What If? What Next? | |
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| Now What? Considering Possibilities | |
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| Creating "Wiggle Room": From a Teacher's Perspective | |
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| Devising a Plan to Get Started | |
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| Creating Spaces for Teaching Multiculturally | |
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| Children's Books | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |