We Are All Different: A Celebration of Diversity!

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Ongoing Covid restrictions, reduced air and freight capacity, high volumes and winter weather conditions are all impacting transportation and local delivery across the globe. Throughout our lives, we'll meet a wide range of people who are all different. Introducing children to this concept when they're young, and showing them that differences are something to be celebrated rather than looked down upon, will help children to become kinder and more empathetic.

Ask each student to bring in a CD of music from their family of origin. Explain about each culture and how music plays a role in their cultures and celebrating traditions. Talk about what instruments are used. Add similar CDs to your music library and use them in daily music activities. Reading Spot Light The Sneeches by Dr. Seuss Overall consultant: Beth Cox is an Inclusion and Equality consultant, and founder of Inclusive Minds and Without Exception, who has many years’ experience working with disabled children. Clothing for various cultures (examples: yarmulke, a Jewish head cover; Burka, a garment worn by Muslim women); start with clothing that is reflective of the various cultures in your program, then expand to other cultures that the children may audio recordings of music including those from a variety of cultures and featuring different types of instruments, and pictures of various musical instrumentsThis book shows how everyone is different and friends too. Through bright and colourful illustrations, it shows children the various differences people might have, such as their hair colour or family structure, and that these differences are something to be celebrated. We Are All Different: I Am Special Poem Worksheets - These worksheets encourage children to write a poem all about themselves. The worksheets include a variety of prompts and a word bank, helping children to write positively about themselves.

How can we encourage children to celebrate all the wonderful things that are making us unique, the different cultures, beliefs and values? This pastel-coloured We Are All Different and That Is Beautiful Inspirational Poster is a great conversation started about the importance of being tolerant and accept diversity to younger children. it can be a wonderful display during Neurodiversity Celebration Week (March 21, 2022 - March 27, 2022). Ask the children to consider how they can celebrate the differences that make us all beautiful with this lovely muted rainbow-coloured poster. A beautiful poster to display in your classroom throughout the year, but also in your staff room.We Are All Different: What Makes You Special? PowerPoint- This PowerPoint is a fantastic way of getting your class talking! The slides ask children to think about questions such as 'What is your favourite thing to do?' and 'What languages do you use?'. Begin by asking pupils what their favourite lesson in school is. Take a selection of answers and point out how different everyone’s favourite is. Now imagine that you only got to do maths, all day every day, and never got to have a go at doing something different. Would it get boring? Say that we have a 'diverse curriculum', which means learning about lots of different things and having a wide variety of activities. This makes school much more interesting. We also have diversity in the types of people there are in the world - different heights, different hair colour, different likes and dislikes - and that diversity of people and cultures makes life more interesting too. Tell everyone they'll now watch a short video about diversity. Rebecca Heyes is a dyslexia and dyscalculia specialist and also helped with the neurodiversity element of the book.

It also helps them realize that we're all humans, despite differences in how we look or dress, or what we eat or celebrate. Games and activities offer a fun way for young children to learn about differences and similarities among people and to introduce the concept of diversity. All types of differences such as race, religion, language, traditions, and gender can be introduced this way. Syeda Mohshin has insight into ethnicity/culture/disability/nationality. She is a primary school teacher born in Bangladesh; she has children with dyslexia, hearing and vision impairment, and anxiety. We Are All Different' features a diverse range of characters to inspire learning, and is stunningly illustrated throughout to bring the themes and ideas to life. With this EYFS diversity storybook, you can show children the beauty of being different. Ask pupils to spend a few moments thinking about the ways in which they are different from the people next to them. Do they look different? Do they like different things? Do they have different strengths and weaknesses? Can you think of a friend that has been able to teach you something new, because they come from a different place or speak a different language? Ask pupils to think about all the things that make them who they are: their looks, their strengths, their religion, their family and their culture. You might be similar to other people in our school community, or you might be very different, but we are all welcome and we are all part of a wonderful, diverse world.Biles, Barbara. "Activities that promote racial and cultural awareness." In "Family Child Care Connections" edited by C. M. Todd 4(3): 4. Urbana-Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, 1994. Retrieved September 2012. http://www.pbs.org/kcts/preciouschildren/diversity/read_activities.html Today is the UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. Rabbhi Yahiya gives us nine ways to get involved. The author explores sensitive issues such as adoption and unusual things such as eating macaroni in the bathtub, but manages to explore diversity in all forms. You know Hollywood, and you may have heard of Bollywood – the world’s biggest film industry, based in Mumbai – but have you heard of Lollywood, the thriving Pakistani film industry based in Lahore, or Nollywood in Nigeria? Many of the films coming out of these countries are gaining prominence on the international film scene. Cultures and traditions can be so vividly portrayed through cinema, and watching a film from another country provides a window on distant and faraway places. Depending on where you live, you can also easily buy or rent foreign films to stream online. Follow one brave koala with two daddies as she sets out on a mission to make every family feel included in Part of the Party.