A. incipit

Community workers frame the activity “My first words in my first languages” into the existing frame of educational activities they provide in the locality. They will prepare the timing and human resources accordingly. The time needed for the activity is 1-5 sessions.

B. recruitment of possible cooperating children and caregivers

C. drawing the pictures of first words

Every child picks up one word at initial workshop and crafts a picture with a legend at home in cooperation with his caregiver/s.

D. completing multilingual legend of the pictures

At next community center session children may in cooperation with the community worker, or some invited guest who has language competences, complete the multilingual legend of the pictures. Another languages may be added, if children are interested.

E. editing the pictures for leporello book, preparing additional pictures

When the initial set of pictures is ready, the group discussion on what would be missing in leporello book may resume in preparing additional pictures. Alternatively the caregivers may be invited to draw some pictures on their own, the community worker is bringing up the issue of diversity on several levels (ethnicity, age, gender). At this point the issues of identity and belonging may come to discussion, whose leporello book is it going to be? Whose language development does it represent? How many leporello books will the group prepare?

F. presentation

It is important to acknowledge the work of families and community workers through some form of dignified and celebratory presentation of the results (ideally this should be announced at the beginning of the activity as a motivation to participate). If possible, the local authorities and partners of the maps creation process from the neighborhood should be invited to the ceremony. The size and nature of an event should be in coherence with usual community center operation. In case the results are of extraordinary quality they may be, after consultation with authors, used further (print in local media, presentation on the city quarter web page, etc.).