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Beautiful Me! Celebrating Diversity through Literature and Art

Describes the "Beautiful Me!" kindergarten unit, which uses children's literature to help children develop a rich vocabulary to describe themselves, their friends, and family, and to avoid words placing people into categories and stereotypes. Activities include providing various skin-tone crayons for drawing and using craft materials to depict hair with different textures, colors, and thickness. Lists relevant picture books. (KB)

• Author/Creator: Strasser, Janis Koeppel
• Date Published: Win
• Journal/Secondary Title: Childhood Education
• Number: 2
• Volume: 77
• Year: 2000

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Diversity Practices
• Subject: Childrens Art
• Subject: Childrens Literature
• Subject: Diversity (Student)
• Subject: Early Childhood Education
• Subject: Kindergarten
• Subject: Learning Activities
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Vocabulary Development

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