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2. Aims

The aims pursued within this approach concern:

    • Building on available resources and skills of the family (stories of the heritage culture, stories of the native country, childhood stories of the parents)
    • Supporting the development of language skills of children
    • Bolstering child’s personality development by nurturing skills such as creativity, imagination and sympathy
    • Supporting identity development by raising cultural awareness for multicultural children. 
    • Strengthening the parent-child attachment by building a social and cultural bridge between them.