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That's Not Fair!: A Teacher's Guide to Activism with Young Children
Children have a natural sense of what s
fair and what s not whether it s not sharing toys, seeing litter in their
favorite park, or asking questions about a homeless person they see on the
street. In That s Not Fair!, teachers will learn to use children s sense of
fairness to help develop the belief that they can change the world and make
it a better place to live.
The attributes that are the foundation of an anti-bias curriculum are also
what children need to learn for survival and emotional health in their roles
as activists. Accepting differences, collaborating with others, paying
attention to other people s feelings, ideas and needs, speaking out about
fairness and unfairness, and taking responsibility for solving problems will
help children recognize the injustices they see in life, and use this
recognition as a chance to act. Becoming positive changemakers is a key to
their development.
Offering what they call guidelines rather than recipes, authors Davidson
and Pelo designed That s Not Fair! to instill teachers with the ability to
reflect on children s lives and create an anti-bias curriculum directly
linked to their experiences. Real-life stories of children s experiences as
activists, coupled with first-person accounts of teachers experiences and
reflections help create a complete guide to childhood activism. Includes
original songs for children and a resource list for both adults and
children.
About The Author
Fran Davidson and Ann Pelo have a combined 35 years of
experience working with young children. Ann Pelo teaches 3-5 year-olds at
Hilltop Children s Center in Seattle, WA, and she is an instructor at the
Seattle Institute for Early Childhood Development. She earned her master s
degree in Child Development and Family Studies from Purdue University. Fran
Davidson is a teacher and trainer in the Seattle area. She works as an
instructor in the Child & Family Studies Program at Seattle Central
Community College and as adjunct faculty at Pacific Oaks College. She is
also a trainer at the Emerald City Child Care Center. That s Not Fair! is
their first book.
fair and what s not whether it s not sharing toys, seeing litter in their
favorite park, or asking questions about a homeless person they see on the
street. In That s Not Fair!, teachers will learn to use children s sense of
fairness to help develop the belief that they can change the world and make
it a better place to live.
The attributes that are the foundation of an anti-bias curriculum are also
what children need to learn for survival and emotional health in their roles
as activists. Accepting differences, collaborating with others, paying
attention to other people s feelings, ideas and needs, speaking out about
fairness and unfairness, and taking responsibility for solving problems will
help children recognize the injustices they see in life, and use this
recognition as a chance to act. Becoming positive changemakers is a key to
their development.
Offering what they call guidelines rather than recipes, authors Davidson
and Pelo designed That s Not Fair! to instill teachers with the ability to
reflect on children s lives and create an anti-bias curriculum directly
linked to their experiences. Real-life stories of children s experiences as
activists, coupled with first-person accounts of teachers experiences and
reflections help create a complete guide to childhood activism. Includes
original songs for children and a resource list for both adults and
children.
About The Author
Fran Davidson and Ann Pelo have a combined 35 years of
experience working with young children. Ann Pelo teaches 3-5 year-olds at
Hilltop Children s Center in Seattle, WA, and she is an instructor at the
Seattle Institute for Early Childhood Development. She earned her master s
degree in Child Development and Family Studies from Purdue University. Fran
Davidson is a teacher and trainer in the Seattle area. She works as an
instructor in the Child & Family Studies Program at Seattle Central
Community College and as adjunct faculty at Pacific Oaks College. She is
also a trainer at the Emerald City Child Care Center. That s Not Fair! is
their first book.
- GenresNonfiction
184 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 2000
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March 2, 2016
Teaching young children at the preschool level involves being aware of all areas of development of the child and how they are learning to relate to each other and to adults. In all areas of life we like to feel we are treated fairly; this includes our youngest children too. In That's Not Fair! A Teacher's Guide to Activism with Young Children teachers can find ways to use a child's natural sense of what is fair to reinforce it in lessons and working with their families and the staff of the preschool. The activities and examples are helpful to expand how we think of activism for children and to help teacher to start living with an awareness of being positively active in treating children and adults fairly.
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