All over the world children are entering classrooms with students and teachers who don't speak the same language as them. These language barriers can put an emotional as well as academic strain on not only these students school lives but their personal lives as well. Entering a situation where no information is known or understood is nerve racking for anyone. Being a young and vulnerable student trying to make a better person of themselves does not deserve to be put down in any way.

We need to be more cautious and sensitive of these situations and make sure to make these children with language barriers feel like they belong. We need to make them feel like they are part of a community and can belong, even when they feel lost. When I traveled to Greece and Rome for spring break my junior year of college, I was always the outsider looking in. I did not know either of the languages and always felt like I was just in the way and misunderstood. I did not like that feeling and I don't think anyone would. As a teacher, we need to incorporate all learners and all students and make it known to them we are trying to create a relationship based on respect and trust. We are there to benefit them and make them feel welcome.

Getting Started

Lets get up and start moving! Growing up, we all heard how beneficial it was to keep moving while learning because then we are engaging ourselves properly and keeping alive, alert and active! Through the article and research, I have learned that incorporating movement and sounds into the curriculum can benefit a student relating to just about any subject and from any background no matter what prior experience or language skills that they possess.

 Every child is unique and has they own specific way they thy enjoy expressing themselves, so through free movement and free expression each chill is teaching their peers what they already know while ganging even more knowledge from others. While these children are growing through music, movement or art each child is learning several kills as t hey go whether they realize it or not! As each child watches and interacts with another child, they are picking up literacy skills and expanding their own skills at the same time. It will allow children to be able to put two and two together at their own pace through activities that they enjoy because each child is on their own learning path with their own capabilities and we as teachers need to encourage and support that!