As a childminder I would like to think that I can provide all children in my care with play and a positive outlook with regard to race, religion, culture, gender and disability.  If a child has needs that differ to the ones I meet, I am willing to learn and adapt to that child, as long as the care of the other children isn’t neglected.

As a childminder I try to include a wide variety of images and objects which reflect the diversity of life in our society, these include:

Images and pictures of:
 

	Girls and women as well as boys and men
	People of various racial origins and cultural/religious groupings
	Various family groupings (families with one parent, a step-parent, grandparents, parents of differing racial origins, two mothers or two fathers)
	Disabled people
	Objects such as cooking equipment and clothing, used in various cultural and social groupings
	Written materials in various languages

 

It is also important to show children that the range of roles are open to them as they grow up, whatever their gender, colour or disability. Each child will be able to identify with adults who are capable of doing.  They will be able to see that women, black people and disabled people have the potential to achieve in life and to take positions of importance in society, and that men can take on caring and domestic roles.  I can do this by trying to provide images of different people doing these kinds of roles.