NAME : MARIA AGE : 6 FAMILY STRUCTURE : MOTHER AND SISTER
CULTURAL BACKGROUND : MARIA LIVES IN BATTIPAGLIA WITH HER MOTHER AND HER SISTER . MARIA ’ S FATHER LIVES IN MAROCCO AND HE IS A CARPENTER . FIVE YEARS AGO MARIA LIVED IN THE SUBURB IN MILANO WHERE HER GRAND MOTHERLIVES . MARIA ’ S MOTHER AND GRAND MOTHER COME FROM ALBANIA . SHE SPEAKS ITALIAN AND ALBANIAN .
WHERE SHE LIVES : SHE LIVES IN BATTIPAGLIA IN A SMALL FLAT . LANGUAGE : SHE SPEAKS ITALIAN AND ALBANIAN .
WHAT DOES SHE LIKES / DOESN ’ T LIKE : SHE LIKES PLAYING WITH DOLLS AND PLAYING WITH COOKING GAMES . SHE LOVES PLAYING WITH LORELLA , SHE LIVES NEAR HER HOME , INFACT SHE HOPES THAT LORELLA WILL GO TO HER SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE GOES TO AN OTHER SCHOOL
( RAVENNA STREET ), AND GOING TO SCHOOL TOGETHER WOULD BE GREAT . SHE LIKES PLAYING IN THE PARK AND SINGING BUT SHE KNOWS ONLY ALBANIAN SONGS SO NOBODY UNDERSTANDS HER . MARIA ’ S MOTHER WANTS THAT MARIA GOES TO THE GYM , BUT SHE DOESN ’ T LIKE IT BECAUSE SHE HAS PROBLEMS IN WALKING .
DIFFICULTY : SHE LIMPS JUST A LITTLE BIT .
FOOD : SHE LIKES CHOCOLATE CAKE BEANS .
AND SHE DOESN ’ T LIKE PASTA WITH
FEARS : SHE IS AFRAID OF DOGS AND TO STAY ALONE AT HOME .
CURRENT SITUATION : SHE HASN ’ T GOT MANY FRIENDS BECAUSE HAS RECENTLY ARRIVED IN BATTIPAGLIA AND HER MOTHER DOESN ’ T SPEAK ITALIAN VERY WELL SO SHE DOESN ’ T MEET MANY PEOPLE . MARIA SUFFERS BECAUSE CHILDREN DON ’ T ACCEPT HER BECAUSE SHE DOESN ’ T SPEAK ITALIAN VERY WELL AND SHE ISN ’ T FAST IN MOTION GAMES .