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Supporting Gender Diversity in Early Childhood Classrooms

A Practical Guide
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By offering practical steps for adults who work with young children to build inclusive andintentional spaces where all children receive positive messages about their unique genderselves, this book increases awareness about gender diversity in learning environmentssuch as child care centres, family child care homes and preschools.The book is based on some of the most progressive, modern understandings of genderand intersectionality, as well as research on child development, gender health, traumainformed practices and the science of adult learning. By including the voices and livedexperiences of gender-expansive children, transgender adults, early childhood educatorsand parents and family members of trans and gender-expansive children, itcontextualizes what it means to rethink early learning programs with a commitment togender justice and gender equality for all children.
1. Gender 101. 2. Attuned and Responsive Relationships. 3. Building Self-Awareness to Check Assumptions and Interrupt Biases about Gender. 4. Co-creating Dynamic Gender Justice Curricula and Early Childhood Environments. 5. Gender Justice in Children's Literature. 6. Working with Families and Colleagues to Support Children's Gender Health and Create Gender Justice in Our Programs.
This book thoughtfully, and lovingly applies anti-bias education principles to the fundamental issue of children's gender identities, leading the reader, step by step, to a new understanding of children as fully human, unlocked from the limitations and expectations of rigid binary gender boxes. They offer practical ideas for how to listen carefully to children as they show us, and sometimes tell us, who they really are. And they give wise counsel to teachers regarding their personal journeys into this new knowledge.
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