| Examples of Interview or Family Survey Questions |
| Questions about the Child |
Questions about the Family |
- What are your child’s favorite activities?
- What are your child’s least favorite activities?
- Who does your child like to play with?
- What are your child’s food preferences?
- Does your child have any particular fears?
- Does your child enjoy being read to or telling stories?
- Describe your child’s personality.
- What does your child seem to be most interested in learning about?
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- List the names of the family members who live in your home and their relationship to your child.
- What is your family’s country of origin?
- What language(s) are spoken in your home?
- Describe your family’s favorite recreational activities or hobbies.
- How does your family observe holidays?
- How do the members of your family share family history?
- What kind of work do members of your family do?
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As you gather information, you can begin to represent it by using a graphic organizer or chart to create maps for individual families (Bennett, 2007) and/or your class as a whole. In this way, you can start to see patterns and opportunities for ways to connect your curriculum, children, and families. Figure 5.4 displays a map for an individual child/family in our imaginary class. Figure 5.5 provides an example of the kinds of things you might learn about the group of seventeen children in our opening vignette.