Adoption/ Foster Care by https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw Family connections are vitally important to children as they begin to find their place in the world. Adoption/ Foster care is a very difficult topic for parents to talk about and for children to fully understand. Children will explore the many adoption stories out there and understand what foster care is. en-us 2016-08-05 18:24:54 UTC 2016-08-06 17:20:22 UTC hello@padlet.com What Makes a Family? taccettaj283 https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117620554 This article explores what makes a family and how their are many different families.

Discussion Questions:
What makes your family special/ unique.

How is your family alike and different from your best friend's family?

The definition of a parent is " a person who gives birth to or raises a child" How can we re-write the definition of parents. ]]> 2016-08-05 18:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117620554 What does it mean to be adopted? taccettaj283 https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117621045 This article discusses the definition of adoption and the process of adoption. There are many vocabulary words that will help children better understand the process.

Discussion Questions/ Activities
Students will have the opportunity to speak with and ask questions to a person who was adopted. Questions such as, What do they like about being adopted? Is there anything they struggle with? Learning about the perspectives of others will help students understand and have greater compassion for others. 

People aren't the only thing that can be adopted. Students will explore the adoption of animals. 

]]> 2016-08-05 18:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117621045 Foster Parents taccettaj283 https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117621856 By: Rebecca Wissman
This book offers an overview of foster parents. The photographs and text highlight different types of foster parents and the reasons children sometimes end up in foster care.

Discussion Questions/ Activities
Students will make a chart of different families.

Students will explore/ discuss  what children who go through foster care feel. 
]]> 2016-08-05 18:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117621856 Murphy's Three Homes taccettaj283 https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117622143 By: Jan Gilman
Murphy is a puppy that  represents a child in foster care. He is a Tibetan Terrier, a dog that is supposed to bring good luck, but when he is moved from home to home, he assumes that it is his fault and that other pups must be "good luck dogs." When the humans from his third home love him even when he disobeys the rules, he moves beyond his insecurity and realizes that he was wrong to think of himself as bad luck.

Discussion Question:
What would you do if you were in Murphy's position?

What is the underlying message behind this story]]> 2016-08-05 19:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117622143 What is Foster Care taccettaj283 https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117622340 This article explores the foster care system. It explains that when parents can't provide a safe environment for their children, the foster care system can place those children with foster families who will give them the love and care  they deserve.

Discussion Questions:

Imagine your parents or a caregiver decided to foster a child. How would you welcome him or her into your family? What favorite activities would you share? Is there a favorite meal your family loves to make together? Think of ways you could help a child feel comfortable in his or her new living arrangements.

Students will go online to research what government agencies exist in your town, county, and state to assist with the placement of foster children.
]]> 2016-08-05 19:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117622340 I Don't Have Your Eyes taccettaj283 https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117623188 By:Carrie Kitze
This book teaches children to celebrate their differences within their families. This particular picturebook tells a story about how one may not look the same on the outside, but could very easily have the same thoughts and point of view.

Discussion Questions/ Activities
Students will create a cultural x-ray of the characters in the story.
Students will then create a cultural x-ray for a family member and a personal one. They will then compare the two x-rays and begin to see that they may not be identical on the outside but on the inside they have many of the same characteristics.

The book starts off saying "I don't have your eyes but I have your way of looking at things. I don't have your ears but I have your way of hearing those in need..." Students will use these sentence stems and create them for their own families. 

Students will create a portrait of their family and circle the unique features of each family member. ]]> 2016-08-05 19:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117623188 Yes! Im Adopted taccettaj283 https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117623655 By: Sharlie Zinniger
This brightly colored children's book illustrates how adoption is brought about by love. This book is from a child's point of view and how he feels special now that he is adopted.

Discussion Questions:
"Adoption makes me special. It means that I am loved." What is something that makes you special?

Compare this family in the book to other families you know. Do they do similar activites?

]]> 2016-08-05 19:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117623655 Adopted Children :What its like taccettaj283 https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117623876 In this video children share their stories and emotions of what it felt like to be taken away from their homes. 

Students will create blog entries of their thoughts and feelings after watching this video.]]> 2016-08-05 19:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/taccettaj283/ngixtmal7bmw/wish/117623876