Book: Skin Like Mine 

Author: LaTashia M. Perry

Publisher: G Publishing 

Copyright Date: November 15, 2016

This book talks about the different skin tones that a person has, celebrate and appreciates the skin that you live in, and not letting color keep people from being close and forming friendships with each other.

2. Standing Up for Oneself:

Book: I Can Say No

Author: Jenny Simmons 

Publisher: National Center for Youth Issues

Copyright Date: March 4, 2021

This book encourages students to not be afraid to say No when situations arise, such as: trying to force them to play or when you stand up for a friend that is not being included in play.

3. Similarities and Differences:

Book: Same, Same but Different

Author:  Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

Publisher: Henry Colt and Co.

Copyright Date: September 13, 2011

This book is about two friends named Elliot and Kailash who live in two different countries but also have the same things in common where they each live, such as: riding a bus to school and liking to climb trees.  

4. Preventing Biases:

Gienapp, R. (2021). Five Anti-Bias Education Strategies for Early Childhood Classrooms. PBS SoCal. 

https://www.pbssocal.org/education/teachers/five-anti-bias-education-strategies-early-childhood-class

This article talks about how anti-bias activities should be available at all times and not just on special days. It also discusses five anti-bias education strategies that can be incorporated 

into the classroom: incorporate diverse books, have activities where students are able to share and celebrate their identities, prevent and address microaggressions using role-play, explore stories on the social justice movements, and give children the chance to speak about bias.

Kalantari, S. (2016). Why we Should Teach Empathy to Preschoolers. Greater Good Magazine. 

This article talks about the importance of teaching empathy to young children, and how empathy brings about less bullying among students and positive interactions.

Kemp, G., Smith, M., and Segal, J. (2020). Helping Children with Learning Disabilities. HelpGuide.

This article is a resource for parents on how to help their children with their learning disabilities and how to be involved in their child being successful in the classroom.

7. Diverse Families:

Caballero, A. (2017, October). Celebrating Diverse Families. 
YouTube.

This video shows children that our world has families from diverse backgrounds, are not the same, but all are special.

8. Gender Bias:

Schullo, A. (2015, February). TEDx Talks: Pink and Blue Communicating Gender to Children. 

YouTube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O9BKRJDqNA

TEDx Talk speaker Anthony Schullo talks about the importance of how we should communicate gender, how it should be done in a positive and liberating way that the person that you are explaining it to does not see gender.

9. Local Resources:

Community Resources-Las Vegas Urban League: https://childcarelv.org/community-resources/

This resource is for parents to be able to obtain information on a variety of services, such as child care, nutrition, and child development services.