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Local Resources
Community Resource: This local resource provides strategies for families on how to teach anti-bias education in the early years. It has videos of teachers supporting children within the classroom environment teaching equity to the children using anti-bias strategies.

Embrace Race. (2022). Anti-bias education in the early years. EmbraceRace. Retrieved March 17, 2022, from https://www.embracerace.org/resources/antibias-education-in-the-early-years

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Gender Bias
Activities: This article talks about how to support children to avoid gender bias. Providing materials for the children to explore like career puzzles that include men and women in non-stereotypical roles and many types of careers. Support them with language and the understanding gender bias and walking them through any questions they may have and supporting them through the process.

ADL. (2022). How can I prevent gender bias in young children? How Can I Prevent Gender Bias in Young Children? Retrieved March 17, 2022, from https://www.adl.org/education/resources/tools-and-strategies/question-corner/prevent-gender-bias-in-young-children

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Diverse Families
Article: This article gives ides and examples of how to talk about diversity with children. Ways to talk to them and celebrate each other and talk about different families. There are also videos that talk about how to raise anti-racist children and develop their identity.

Bright Horizons Education. (2021, January 1). How to help children understand diverse families. Bright Horizons®. Retrieved March 17, 2022, from https://www.brighthorizons.com/family-resources/How-to-Help-Children-Understand-Diverse-Families

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Understanding Disabilities
Journal: This journal supports the understanding of disabilities as it explains how some children show disabilities early and some show them later as well as breaks down how when having children with disabilities in an inclusive program can support their development. It explains to families what development looks like and ways we can better understand and support children with disabilities.

California Department of Education. (2021). Inclusion works! second edition - cde.ca.gov. Inclusion Works! Retrieved March 17, 2022, from https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/documents/inclusionworks2ed.pdf

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Empathetic Reactions
Activity: An activity that you can do with the children is having the children explore their own cultural traditions. Have them share about their language and families and children can put together a collage with pictures and language, words that they use often, food etc. so that the children can share and can understand and develop empathy for all people by exploring different languages and traditions.

Studentreasures. (2020, December 9). Celebrating cultural diversity in the classroom - studentreasures blog. Celebrating Cultural Diversity in the Classroom. Retrieved March 16, 2022, from https://studentreasures.com/blog/classroom-activities/celebrating-cultural-diversity-in-the-classroom/

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Preventing Bias
Article: This article is about the four core goals or anti-bias education. It explains to importance of self-identity, diversity of the children and others, justice and the knowledge and importance what bias does to others, and about activism and the importance of standing up for yourself and others.

Derman-Sparks, L., & Olsen Edwards, J. (2019). Understanding anti-bias education: Bringing the four core goals to every facet of your curriculum. Understanding Anti-Bias Education: Bringing the Four Core Goals to Every Facet of Your Curriculum. Retrieved March 16, 2022, from https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/nov2019/understanding-anti-bias

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Similarities and differences
Children Book: Newson, K (2020). The Same but Different Too (K. Hindley, Illus.). Nosy Crow

This book talks about how we are all the same but we are all also unique. It is a book of individuality and what make us who we are but accepting of each other's similarities and difference as is makes us who we are.

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Standing up for oneself
Children Book: Marley, C (2019). Get Up, Stand Up (J. Cabuay, Illus.) Chronicle Books

This book is about standing up for your rights and when faced with injustice when it comes to teasing and intimidation. It talks about lifting others up in school and friendship and working together to overcome challenges. She is standing up for herself and her friends are helping her though the process.

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Positive and confident self-identities

Children Book: Nyong’o, L (2019). Sulwe (V. Harrison, Illus.). Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

This book is about a girl that has darker skin then everyone in her family and everyone in her school.  The children at school gave her nicknames that she did not like. She wants to look like her mom and sister and struggles with her self-esteem. Her mom talked with her and explained that beauty comes from the inside. She found her self identity and learned to accept herself in a positive light and her confidence grew.