Start Seeing Diversity

Start Seeing Diversity

My classroom is full of diversity, and I love it. There is this one student in particular in my class who is a foster child and his foster mother is older. During the beginning of the school year, the children would always say, "Johnny your grandma here!" But in actuality it was his foster mother. They know nothing about foster parents and that Johnny is a foster child, they just know a lady picks him up everyday who is older like some of their grandparents. So once the family left, I explained to the children, that every family is different and not all mother's look the same. I explained that some children have young mommy and daddy's while other's have older mommy's and daddy's.

After this mini lesson, we then read the story of Pinocchio. My reasoning for choosing Pinocchio is because it tells the story of an elderly father who wanted a son. This story helped to explain my point about Johnny and his mother and how no matter if they are old or young, the love will never change.