Start Seeing Diversity

CHILDREN

 

All children are created whole, endowed with innate intelligence, with dignity and wonder, worthy of respect. Every girl and boy is entitle to love, to dream, and belong to a loving village, and to pursue a life of purpose.”(Louise Derman-Sparks. 2010.Antibias Education.)

In an anti-bias classroom children learn to be proud of themselves and of their families, to respect human differences, to recognize bias, and to speak up for what is right.

   Children born in a culture and becomes a full member of that culture through making meaning of all aspects of that culture, practices, beliefs and values.

We need to respect each individual children and their families.

 

 

Is important that children engage in relationships and interactions with parents, family members, children, teachers and other people, agains, prejudice and discriminatory actions.” Teachers will consistently interact with children in emotionally supportive, developmentally appropriate ways, including addressing identity, capacity, and bias.”( Louise Derman-Sparks.2010 Anti Bias Education.pag33).We need to listen to children ,their feelings, and answer to their questions.

 

Children Need to explore to play this is the best way that brings her thoughts and questions and experiences about frighten, socializing, represent their ideas, become social, and is important to give to them the skills to resist messages that undermine confidence enable children to succeed in school and afterward.” The physical learning environment will reflect the rich diversity of human beings, including through visual images and in all learning materials.”(Louise Derman-Sparks.2010 Anti Bias Education. pag 33)

 

Including kids with disabilities in our classroom would help the preschoolers make meaningful connections with people who are different from them.

 

 

 

 

 

“Children distress, their fears, their shaken sense of trust and security that ensue when child care harms, when it does not work, when it is not there when needed must be heeded and attention must be paid.”( Ann Pelo.2008.Rethinking Early Childhood Education. pag 194)

If we cannot end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe of diversity.

IF WE WANT CHILDREN TO THRIVE IN A DIVERSE WORLD AND CHOSSE TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS,THEN WE MUST CHOOSE TO HELP YOUNG CHILDREN MAKE SENSE OUT OF THE CONFUSING AND OFTEN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED MESSAGES THEY RECEIVE ABOUT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.

References:

     Louise Derman-Sparks. 2010 Anti Bias Education.

Ann Pelo.2008.Rethinking Early Childhood Education.