Childhood Education; *Learning Activities;

The executive director of a day care center designed a project to introduce multicultural materials into the center's early childhood curriculum. The primary goal of the project was to improve the quality cf the curriculum of the nationally accredited p eschool by making it more culturally sensitive. Activities conducted to attain this objective included the design of age-appropriate lesson plans for teachers to use in their classrooms, distribution of letters to parents requesting theie- involvement, and the administration of a multicultural questionnaire to parents, teachers, and the center's director to determine if the program's curriculum had become more culturally diverse. Lesson plans were designed for units concerning self-awareness, similarities and differences, Native Americans, and Korean and Greek cultures. Evaluation data indicated that the outcomes of the intervention were positive. Teachers reported feeling comfortable with the multicultural materials. Parent participation was a positive experience for parents and children. Questionnaire data indicated an increase in the multicultural dimensions of the curriculum. Two sample unit plans are included. (RH) mmommoommoommoommoommemoommoommommxxxxxxxxxxxmoomm Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document