Child Centered, Social Justice
There is a great FREE read-aloud books option for children that may be available on your school or neighborhood library’s website right now. It’s called TumbleBooks and it would be under the children’s section. If that option is not currently available to you, reach out to your school or neighborhood library and tell them to …
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“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood,” Mr. Rogers. But the “Just let them play,” during COVID-19 mantra rings hollow for economically oppressed families without supports. The same households that don’t have the Internet …
Abuse rates of children are rising owing to the quarantine measures that are required of COVID-19. “In many ways, the disease is now reaching children and families far beyond those it directly infects,” said Cornelius Williams, UNICEF Chief of Child Protection, March 20. Both adults and children are under more stress than ever dealing with …
During the peak of COVID-19 quarantine keep young children indoors. I am alarmed by what I see outside of my home during the COVID-19 quarantine. I see children on bikes, parents pushing babies in strollers, and families with young children leisurely walking around and the children do not have on masks. Some people in my …
https://youtu.be/I4K3bjbQb2E COVID-19 has dropped every educator right in the middle of every argument about online education. As a small start, if we care about the rights of children, each of us needs to fight to make sure every child in America has robust access to the Internet. And if you are as dedicated as I …
For working-class children and the most economically oppressed, to be taught to view your neighbors and family suspiciously is a disservice. Oppression feeds on suspicion and mistrust. Marginalized people who do not trust each other, lose the power of community, and that is often their greatest advocate and sustainer. We often talk about the new …
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