Teaching diversity has many benefits. It teaches children to become global citizens who are tolerant and open minded as they learn and understand about people other than their culture, ethnicity, gender, religion and socio-economic status. Exposingchildren to diverse experiences and people will make a positive impact on their development and a profound impact on their future.
My thoroughly researched pack of activities and resources will help you plan teach children about diversity.
The well laid out information will help you to work on the skill consciously and the suggested activities can be used at any time of the day. Our adorable mascot, Skipper, the Penguin will make learning fun and interesting.
Accepting Differences
It includes the following:
- 3 book suggestions
- Questions to ask children when discussing the skill
- 5 activity suggestions along with resources to build the skill of self control
- A poster that shows children of the world
- An egg experiment to discuss that we may look different but are the same inside. Includes a reflection sheet
- A self portrait sheet to help children brainstorm why each of them is special
- Sorting cards to help children understand acceptance and non acceptance
- A student handbook that includes an assessment sheet and 4 practice sheets (2 differentiated levels) that can be done at school and home
- A letter for parents, explaining the skill and suggestions on how they can work on the mentioned skill at home
This unit is part of the SEL program, Social Slate that I have conceptualized and created for young learners. The program lays a strong foundation to build social and emotional skills in children. It aims at helping children to understand and express emotions, resolve social conflicts and develop self-awareness. I have referred to the research work by CASEL while creating this program. The program consists of 12 units that help teachers and parents to lay the right foundation in formative years of children so that they can enjoy a successful & rewarding personal / professional life as adults.
