Diverse toys and multicultural materials for preschool classrooms and homes. Create a more diverse environment with these suggestions.
Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis The YWCA Minneapolis Early Childhood Education's anti-biased and play-based curriculum uses practical and real-life experiences to support teacher learning and practice. With thrilling success in 2016, 94% of infants through preschoolers enrolled in this program were on track with age-appropriate development. This curriculum is flexible enough to accommodate state or local standards while remaining open to children's ideas, interests, and questions. The YWCA Minneapolis Early Childhood Education Department has been providing quality education for forty years, delivering a powerful blend of high-quality, full-time early childhood education, direct service and advocacy for children, from infants through ten-year-olds in partnership with their families.
8 Anti-Bias Activities for the Home & Classroom
This post includes an Anti-Bias Activity for Preschoolers
Challenge prejudices that young children may already be forming with these anti bias books for preschool & kindergarten age kids.
We recently celebrated the only United States federal holiday designated as a day of…
Challenge prejudices that young children may already be forming with these anti bias books for preschool & kindergarten age kids.
Here are a few strategies and resources that can help you begin anti-bias education, or go deeper into it, in your classroom by incorporating messages of affirmation, fairness and empowerment into all aspects of learning.
By Louise Derman-Sparks Based on “Ten Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Racism and Sexism.” Updated in 2013.* Children’s books continue to be an invaluable source of information and values. They reflect the attitudes in our society about diversity, power relationships among different groups of people, and various social identities (e.g., racial, ethnic, gender, […]
8 Anti-Bias Activities for the Home & Classroom
When planning anti-bias anti-racist education, science and math are often ignored. Use these 7 ideas to teach for diversity in STEM subjects.
Starting your 1st year of teaching and don't know where to begin? Starting your 20th year of teaching and need some new ideas? I decided I needed to share some of my very favorite books for the first weeks of school with you.
This classic resource, now expanded and updated, is your guide to building a strong anti-bias program, including learning to know yourself.
Open Hearts, Open Minds: an anti-bias, multicultural curriculum for home and school environments
Best children's picture books to teach inclusion and foster an anti-bias attidude. These books share the joy and value of living in diverse communities.
When planning anti-bias anti-racist education, science and math are often ignored. Use these 7 ideas to teach for diversity in STEM subjects.
This post is dedicated to Sara Esther Regalado Moriel. Sara and her husband, Adolfo, will be deeply missed by their friends and loved ones. Sara and Adolfo were parents to […]
Diversity Beans Sensory Bin is an easy way to start the conversation of race with young child! It is never to early to talk about racism!
Best children's picture books to teach inclusion and foster an anti-bias attidude. These books share the joy and value of living in diverse communities.
Challenge prejudices that young children may already be forming with these anti bias books for preschool & kindergarten age kids.
A few weeks ago our little daredevil had her first x-ray due to a little jumping on the bed incident. Yup 1 little monkey jumping on the bed, she fell off and bumped her head… broke her clavicle. Well ever since, she has been fascinated with the bones inside her body so there couldn’t be […]
Montessori ideas and activities for Martin Luther King Day; Martin Luther King Day activities for classroom or home for multiple ages!
When planning anti-bias anti-racist education, science and math are often ignored. Use these 7 ideas to teach for diversity in STEM subjects.
30+ anti-racism activities for kids that you can do at home or in the classroom to help start the conversation of race and racism.
Find everything you need to start talking about race and racism with kids with this huge list of anti-racism resources for parents and teachers.
Colour the heart sticky wall is a fun and easy to set up learning and anti-racism activity for toddlers and preschoolers.
This collection of anti-racist resources for early childhood educators brings together books, research articles, podcasts, webinars and more.
8 Anti-Bias Activities for the Home & Classroom
A new study finds that children show bias at a surprisingly young age. But teachers have ways to address this and create a welcoming classroom.
Challenge prejudices that young children may already be forming with these anti bias books for preschool & kindergarten age kids.
This article is an excerpt of the second edition of Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, by Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards.
This week our theme unit was "All About Me". We learned how special and unique each one of us are. We read lots of stories. Some were si...
This post includes an Anti-Bias Activity for Preschoolers
Fantastic anti-bias middle grade books for ages 9 and up that portray a diverse selection of voices across race, culture, gender and economic class.
Our first Open Studio of the year was (I feel) a great success! Nearly every classroom was represented, and many children were able to share their knowledge of clay not only with parents, but also with siblings and with classmates who they don't usually encounter in the Studio. In preparing for this Open Studio time for families I thought a lot about some of the tendencies that we have when we work with clay around our children, and how they fit in with our work as a Reggio Emilia inspired center. Our knowledge of clay is often guided by an understanding of it as a medium for creating recognizable "things," and we are eager to share this understanding with our children. This is an understandable urge and a beautiful one! But what does this mean for the child on the receiving end? Sometimes it can simply mean joy in the wonderful gifts a parent has shared. Sometimes it can become hard to see the clay for its other possibilities. Sometimes it can feel disempowering when their young hands can't make the perfect shape the way an adult's hand can. All of the teachers at our center are constantly grappling with questions like, "When do I step in to help?", "How can I be supportive without infringing on a child's agency?", and "How can I ask questions to understand a child's mind without imposing my ideas on them?" In thinking about this year's first Open Studio, I really wanted to expand this culture of careful, critical thought, opening it up to parents through some questions and prompts posted on the wall: The issue? How to ensure that parents read them. I agonized over this question beforehand as I was setting up. I planned to point them out to parents as they entered (which I did) but I was not so sure what to do to help them follow through. I wanted to offer them an opportunity to learn a bit more about our work as a center, but I was not comfortable with taking on the forceful approach necessary to make sure everyone read it. However, I knew that this meant that some parents might read these questions at the end, at which point they might feel as though they had done something wrong. "Well," I thought to myself, "This is an experiment I have never tried before, and I won't know how well it will work until it's over." In the end, I decided to try out my initial idea of mentioning the information to parents as they arrived, then seeing what happened. One parent was kind enough to reflect on her experiences surrounding these prompts at Open Studio: I heard you say that there was something I should read on the panels against the window, but I assumed it was documentation about the studio and I planned on reading at the end of my time in the studio. After I'd been in the studio, [my partner] tapped me on the shoulder and told me I should read the stuff on the panels, but I still thought it was just documentation and that I'd read it before I left. At that point I thought it must be really great documentation, but I still didn't know it had anything to do with my opens studios. Even thought I didn't think I needed to read it at that point, I could see it from where I was sitting and started to read it from across the room. As I read it, I was holding a ball of clay that I had just loudly said I would turn into a monkey and I did feel I wanted to rewind and take back all of my references to representational use of clay. I also started to make a concerted effort to think of clay as a sensory activity and engage or prompt [my child] in ways that supported that view of clay. ... So the prompts definitely achieved the goal of deepening my understanding of Reggio, clay, and the studio. My only fear is that if [I hadn't been told] a second time to read the posters, I would have read them at the end and felt like I did the whole thing wrong. I'm really happy to think about Reggio teaching and try new things, so it also would have felt like a lost opportunity. This parent's words are encouraging in that they suggest that parents at our center are willing and interested in engaging with the pedagogical philosophy that runs our school. At the same time, they show me that what I was worried about happening had happened. So, how can I better design an Open Studio that will encourage parents to engage with some of the ideas that drive our center's practice? The parent above suggested the possibility of having my questions as handouts, or of posting them by the door for people to read before even entering the Studio. In addition, she offered the idea of a sort of exit question for parents to respond to via email or this blog later on. Dear parents - Did you attend Open Studio and read these questions? Did they affect your time in the studio? What do you think reading them now? How can I best invite you into our center's pedagogical practice? ........................
Hello Everyone! Friday was one of our favorite days! We finished up learning about Martin Luther King, Jr., and living and nonliving thing...
Anti-bias curriculum is an approach to early childhood education that sets forth values-based principles and methodology in support of respecting and embracing differences and acting against bias and unfairness. Anti-bias teaching requires critical thinking and problem solving by both children and adults. The overarching goal is creating a climate of positive self and group identity … Continue reading "Anti-Bias Education"
Fantastic anti-bias middle grade books for ages 9 and up that portray a diverse selection of voices across race, culture, gender and economic class.
8 Anti-Bias Activities for the Home & Classroom
An early childhood education curriculum designed to explore gender stereotypes with children.
Ten fun and easy ideas to help kids appreciate diversity,
A new study by researchers at Yale found that pre-K teachers, white and black alike, spend more time watching black boys, expecting trouble.
Are you searching for a simple way to incorporate mindfulness into your daily classroom routine? These mindful morning cards will help your students wake up and be present in the moment. Simply cut, laminate, and hang these card on a binder ring near the front of your classroom - that way you can easily flip to a new one each morning! Included in This Product: -Teacher Tips on Mindfulness Practice -16 Activity Cards Interested in communicating to parents about mindfulness? Click here for a parent letter explaining what mindfulness is, why it's important, and how they can help their child at home!
There are crucial lessons on the path to raising race-conscious kids. These games and activities can help parents get there.
