The students in your class may have several types of families, including single-parent families, married and partnered parent families, same-sex families, families with extended family members, families with other children, families with one child, families with pets and foster families. Children can learn diversity and inclusion by accepting that families come in many varieties. Children can identify the possible members of a family. Children can listen to stories about different kinds of families.
Children can explore family roles and learn the value of each family member. Children may bring pictures of their family for inclusion on a family themed bulletin board.
The students in your class may have several types of families, including single-parent families, married and partnered parent families, same-sex families, families with extended family members, families with other children, families with one child, families with pets and foster families. Children can learn diversity and inclusion by accepting that families come in many varieties. Children can identify the possible members of a family. Children can listen to stories about different kinds of families.
Children can explore family roles and learn the value of each family member. Children may bring pictures of their family for inclusion on a family themed bulletin board.
The students can identify different common and unusual pets. Students may bring pictures of family pets for the bulletin board. The students may have a class pet and talk about the responsibility of taking proper care of the animal. Students may use stuffed animals to demonstrate how they care for pets. They may tell or dictate a story about a favorite pet.
The teacher may read books about pets and have children make sounds similar to the pet. The children may move about like family pets.
Children can share their favorite fairy tales and the teacher can use story time to read the fairy tales to the class. The teacher could also use videos of fairy tales with the students. The students can explore the fairy tales of divergent cultures and how those tales are like fairy tales they know. Students can identify which fairy tale characters might be real and which might be pretend.
Art projects can let the children create a fairy tale book. Each student may illustrate a different fairy tale, or students may work together to create the story.
Children can use sequencing cards to create a well-known fairy tale. They may also enjoy acting out a fairy tale.
Children may be from a variety of cultures that celebrate holidays in different ways. Holiday themes can allow children to share their holiday traditions. Parents or other older family members may come and help the class to celebrate diverse holiday customs.
Children can share and explore the holidays of cultures not represented in the class. The teacher can read stories, use videos or other methods of demonstrating the holiday tradition.