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Home » Montessori » Teach Kids about Anti-Bias & Diversity

Teach Kids about Anti-Bias & Diversity

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Playing the ‘I Have a Dream‘ speech is a perfect introduction to the significance of Martin Luther King Jr.. Last year my sons were 3.5 and 2 years old. My older son had a few questions but we didn’t go very much in depth on the topic of equality, peace and diversity.

Anti-bias is a big topic. I want to make sure we approach the ideas thoughtfully and respectfully. So our activities last year planted seeds for later conversations about equality, peace and diversity. With that thinking, I came up with this plan for a day with kids including several Martin Luther King Jr. Activities.

martin luther king jr. activities

Martin Luther King Jr. Activities

Create the Environment

My plan this year is to probe a bit deeper. We will listen to MLK’s famous speech. I will ask my children how the words made their bodies feel to tap their ongoing emotional development. Then I will show a picture of MLK to my boys and ask them to describe who they see. I want to get a benchmark. Do they see the differences, understand the impacts (both positive and negative) of these differences? I will give them a bit if background on equal rights as they guide me to do so.

Related Read: 5 Ways to Bring Culture into Your Home or School

Plan an Activity

My plan is to prepare an art project, like this Fingerprint Dove, to do together. Hopefully, then, the conversation will occur more naturally. Additionally, one of my favorite books on this topic is called All the Colors of the Earth (Mulberry Books) by Sheila Hamanaka. I highly recommend picking up this book. Your local library should have a copy but it is definitely worth owning. While we work on the dove and read the book I suspect my boys will have questions.

*Other recommended Martin Luther King Jr. books for kids include The Story of Martin Luther King Jr., National Geographic Readers: Martin Luther King, Jr. (Readers Bios), and A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Picture Book Biography).

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activities

  • Round up of great activities for Martin Luther King Jr. Week
  • Anti-Bias Activity for Preschoolers
  • Eight Ways to Bring Culture and Diversity into your Home and Classroom
  • I love this diversity activity we did for Earth Day to celebrate all the unique people and places around the world.

martin luther king jr. activities

Children are very capable of understanding big topics and of working with biases in a positive and productive way. Celebrations like Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a perfect opportunity to open to the door to learning already ripe for igniting in a child.

Warmly,
Marnie

Tagged With: Culture, Holidays, Kindergarten, Martin Luther King Jr., Preschool

About Marnie Craycroft

Marnie hails from Maine where she spent summers buried in sand and winters buried in snow. She is the daughter of a nearly four decade veteran of the public school systems. Teaching has always been a part of her life. She founded Carrots Are Orange in 2010.

Carrots Are Orange is a Montessori learning and living website for parents and teachers.

Marnie graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 with a BA in Economics. She spent nearly a decade working in investment management. In 2006, she earned her MA in business from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999 and currently lives in Boulder with her husband and three sons. She is Montessori trained. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Buzzfeed, PBS Kids, BabyCenter, the Melissa & Doug blog, Huffington Post, and WhattoExpect.com. Besides writing, passions include running (usually after her three sons), photography, and outdoor adventures.

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