The modern culture of any country is becoming more and more diverse these days. Finding a single race or religious community is rare. Even in Pakistan, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs and many more people of different beliefs exist. Most of the time their activities are limited to their own community and people know less about each other’s customs and beliefs. As the world is becoming a multicultural society it is better to educate your children about respecting and appreciating the customs and traditions of other cultures.

Although it is quite risky and tricky to educate your children about other religions and beliefs keeping in mind that they don’t get too influenced by them. However there are resources available that can guide you to teach children multicultural civilization in a much better and understandable way.

ACTIVITIES THAT YOU CAN PLAN FRO YOUR CHILDREN:

You can aware your children about different cultures by carefully planned activities. Here are some suggestions how to involve your children in effective multicultural activities.

Give your children multicultural books to read.

This activity can be done in both schools and home. Parents and teachers should have some effective and beneficial multicultural books that they can give to children in their free time. These books can either be placed in library or in home book shelves so that they are easily accessible to children.

Guidelines for choosing multicultural books.

It is also important that you should monitor what material children are supposed to read. Some important guidelines for choosing these books are.

• Be sure that these books are age appropriate for your children.
• Add books that are attractive and have pictures in them.
• Avoid books that degrade other religions or traditions.
• You should avoid presenting them with material that can raise controversial questions in their mind.
• Be sure the literature corresponds to what exactly you want your children to learn.
• You can take guide easily on internet for what to choose for your children.

Make them watch educational videos.

Now in the modern tech world it is very easy to find multicultural videos. You can simply surf the internet and can download these videos from there. Don’t show these videos too often but plan them as twice a month or once in a month. This will help them to educate but will not influence them too much.

Take them to cultural shows.

Now days there are different cultural shows and exhibitions held. Take your children to such events and make them more aware of other cultures and traditions.