Young Explorers Preschool San Francisco

Now, more than ever, our children need diverse literature. They need to see themselves, their families, and their cultures reflected in the stories they read. ...I am posting books I’ve read in my classroom and my Kinders and 1st Graders love (but would be appealing to any young reader.) They include stories that discuss defying gender roles, show diverse families, tell the stories of children in a variety of cultures, and celebrate characters of color. I am also providing a brief description of each story in the corresponding caption. Teachers: Please add any suggestions you recommend for my classroom library! Parents: Please browse this post. I challenge you to order your child one book from this post to diversify their library. Or, donate a book to your child’s classroom library. Feel free to share this post with your friends, too!

It is a basic human right to have control over what happens to our own bodies. Often, adults who strongly agree with this statement somehow miss the mark when i...t comes to young children. We want to raise adults who: Feel comfortable communicating about what does and doesn’t work for them Know that consent is given, and can be taken back at any point Understand that people get to be in charge of their own bodies Listen right away when someone says stop or don’t You can't respect other people's boundaries if yours have not been respected. You can't set boundaries if you haven't seen them modeled. Follow @curious.parenting for more on raising liberated, compassionate kids See more

White privilege does not mean your child will not experience difficulties. It simply means they will not experience difficulties as a direct result of their race. I've had a lot of questions from white parents who ask "won't pointing out examples of systemic racism teach my child to look for those things? Teach them to see the world as divided?" Black parents don't ask these questions, because they have the lived experience of being black in mostly white spaces.... Getting to learn about racism instead of directly experiencing it is a privilege. We need to tell white children about racial privilege because they cannot know what it's like to move through the world in black or brown skin. Children who understand their privilege and how they benefit from it will be more conscious of the struggles of people without that privilege. They will grow up knowing that their experience is different from the experiences of many. They will learn there are some things they will never understand because they have never lived life in black or brown skin. They will be more likely to listen to and believe people who don’t look like them. Teaching them about privilege will not teach them they have more value than underprivileged people--it will teach them that society *believes* they have more value, and that they can use their voice to change that. By learning that others are more likely to listen to them because they are white, they can stop people when they talk over people of color. When they learn that people treat others differently because of their race, they can speak up for kids being bullied because of the color of their skin. They will learn that their experience is often seen as the standard, or the only, which allows them to hold space for other voices. They will learn that just because they have not experienced something personally doesn’t mean that it isn’t real. They will grow up seeing the oppression and marginalization of people as not a political issue, but a human one. Follow @curious.parenting for more on raising liberated, compassionate kids. See more

It’s not enough to be inclusive, we must be anti-racist to break the chain. Thank you for sharing Curious Parenting

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