Lately, I have been thinking about how to best teach young children about tolerance and social justice. Their brains are hard-wired to take notice of difference and to generalize and categorize. From what I have seen, kids start to start to pay more attention to gender around age 2 and start noticing differences in race and ethnicity around 3 or 4. It is important that we provide context for those observations. I’m on a quest to find good books that teach children about acceptance of those who are different than they are and taking care of the earth and each other.
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Teaching tools for social justice
Feb 17
Posted by Lena Jansen 1 Comment Filed Under: Family Life, General, Toddlers Tagged With: books, diversity, social justice, tolerance
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