Resources
Here is a list of helpful resources to help discuss diversity in early childhood and how to handle stress and behavior challenges with your children and students.
Diversity in Early Childhood
With everything going on in the world it is important to start teaching children about diversity in their early stages of development. Here are some sources to give you some ideas on how to approach this topic.
Book:
The Color of Us by Karen Katz
It's Okay to be Different by Todd Parr
Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, Second Edition by Louise Derman-Sparks, Julie Olsen Edwards, and Catherine M. Goins
Articles:
NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural differences. www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/positions/diversity.pdf
NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural differences. www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/positions/diversity.pdf
Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Dora Pulido-Tobiassen. (2020). Teaching Diversity: A Place to Begin. Scholastic.com.
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/teaching-diversity-place-begin-0/
NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/position/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf
Behavioral Challenges
There are many stressors in the world. Everyone has their own different means for coping with the way they handle stress. Although we as adults may not think there is much if anything at all for children to be stressed about they are and they have to come up with their own ways of handling their stress. The way children may handle stress or frustration is by acting out here are some resources to help calmly and safely help your child or student with behavior challenges.
First off we need to remember all of our children's rights and not to get too frustrated with them because they are trying to cope and figure things out just like us.
Articles:
UNICEF (n.d). Fact Sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf
Phil Strain. Jaclyn Joseph. Mary Louise Hemmeter. Erin Barton. Lise Fox. (January 2017). Tips for Responding to Challenging Behavior in Young Children. Pyramid Equity Project.
https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/docs/PEP_Tips-responding-challenging-behavior.pdf
Books:
Teeth are Not For Biting by Elizabeth Verdick
Challenging Behavior in Young Children: Understanding, Preventing and Responding Effectively (4th Edition) by Barbara Kaiser
Hi!
ReplyDeleteThese are great resources! I love Todd Parr books. They are exceptionally developmentally appropriate and give kids a clear message as to what the subject is about. I also really enjoying reading the books by Elizabeth Verdick. Thanks for sharing these!
Hello,
ReplyDeleteThank you for adding the children books to your page. I liked them both but It's Okay to be Different was straight to the point. If you get a chance Gettin Through Thursday is a good book if you work with students who are a little older.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the resources you added. I like the book, It's Okay to be Different by Todd Parr. This book explain diversity among children and enhance the awareness of the diversity
Thank you for sharing.
Sawin Thongloy