We Are a Diverse World...Let's Read About It!

Funded Nov 18, 2019

Thank you so much for contributing to my classroom project! We were so excited to receive our Diversity Package! From the moment I started to open up the box, the children were so eager to use all the materials. As I pulled out the art supplies and multicultural dolls you can see their curiosity start to grow. They could not wait to begin our journey learning about people all around the world.

We began our learning by reading the Colors of Us! This lead to great discussions on how beautiful the color of everyone skin is. They started noticing the similarities and differences of children in our own classroom. They used the skin colored crayons to draw the characters in the story and to draw themselves. We used the art supplies to create puppets of ourselves and used them to compare and contrast with our dolls from around the world. When I introduced the dolls and where they were from, many students smiled from ear to ear. You can hear them saying to their friends "I come from there." They shared experiences with each other. It was so heart warming to hear them take an interest in each others cultures.

We continue to read the book that came in our package in our class. It has been truly wonderful to use these materials to help foster such genuine conversations between my students. From the bottom of our hearts we thank you so much!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Sini