1) A teacher runs a site called Colorful Pages that has awesome resources! Here's a link to her AAPI focused lessons from last year. She has a ton of excellent book recommendations too. 

 

2) https://smithsonianapa.org/?fbclid=IwAR2B4DpXjbpy8nn1XUaQwoWeGYV7l-OkZ7emQFgpQwBBwbnCedDjSWl1SE4

 

3) The Wing Luke has many resources :  https://www.wingluke.org/education/

 

4) These video read alongs by AAPI “celebrities” would be great for K-2 https://www.theconsciouskid.org/storytime

 

5) SPL AAPI kids book list: https://www.spl.org/books-and-media/books-and-ebooks/staff-picks-for-kids/asian-pacific-american-heritage-books-for-kids?page=6

 

6) Pacific Islander Heritage Book list: https://diversebooks.org/resources-for-pacific-islander-heritage-month/

 

7) More book list:

 

8) Family friendly movies celebrating AAPI heritage month

 

9) Not quite children friendly but these are some important dates for AAPI

 

10) Scroll down to “Part1: Children’s Book List”

 

11) This is a great source for books with different themes 

 Kodomo no Hi, also known as Children’s Day Festival, and hosted by the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington, is an annual event that encourages children and families to explore and learn about Japanese and Japanese American art, culture, history, food and music. The event is free and open to the public. We hope you can join us from the safety of your home at our “Virtual Kodomo no Hi, ” which will include a new video every Sunday at noon (PDT) during the month of May, and Japanese cultural booklets and activity pack that are free to download!
https://www.jcccw.org/kodomo-no-hi

Distinguishing between the different groups and cultures that are represented in the term AAPI is critical to avoid erasure of identities.

List Asian countries and Pacific Islander countries to gain perspective of how many cultures are included in these terms AA and/or PI.