Creative Resources for the Anti-Bias Classroom

by Saderman Hall, Nadia

• ISBN13: 9780827380158
• ISBN10: 0827380151
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-16
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This text on anti-bias activities integrates information about developmentally based planning and child development that reflects the current diversities of our society. Experiences have been designed to promote the positive self-esteem of each individual child, support the value of others' uniqueness and enable children to think critically about discrimination and acquire skills in pro-activism. Activities are organized by developmental areas and by curriculum areas (e.g. math, language, social studies, science, art, music, etc.). A sequential Anti-Bias Developmental Overview chart summarizes all 300 activities as an illustration of skill progression from infancy to school age. Developmentally appropriate interactions and materials are used to strengthen a child's awareness of and comfort with diversity.-easy-to-read format presents information in a simple, straightforward manner; hundreds of activities are demonstrated to represent an integrated curriculum approach - developmentally based curriculum covers wide age span from 0-12 years -developmental benchmarks provide best practice for infants/toddlers and planning for early childhood and elementary classrooms -developmental and curriculum web illustrate how to support anti-bias skill building

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(2)
About the Author	xi	(1)
Acknowledgments	xii	(1)
Foreword	xiii
Unit 1: Introduction	1	(18)
Unit 2: Anti-Bias Activities for Infants	19	(30)
Developmental Overview for Infants	20	(1)
Web for Infants	21	(1)
Summary of Anti-Bias Skills	22	(1)
Letter to Families of Infants/Toddlers	23	(1)
Activities	24	(22)
Resources for Infants	46	(1)
Finger Plays, Action Rhymes, and Songs	47	(2)
Unit 3: Anti-Bias Activities for Toddlers	49	(48)
Developmental Overview for Toddlers	50	(1)
Web for Toddlers	51	(1)
Summary of Anti-Bias Skills	52	(2)
Activities	54	(38)
Resources for Toddlers	92	(3)
Finger Plays, Action Rhymes, and Songs	95	(2)
Unit 4: Anti-Bias Activities for Preschoolers and Kindergartners	97	(94)
Developmental Overview for Preschoolers and Kindergartners	98	(1)
Web for Preschoolers and Kindergartners	99	(1)
Summary of Anti-Bias Skills	100	(4)
Letter to Families of Preschool/Kindergarten Children	104	(1)
Activities	105	(80)
Resources for Preschoolers and Kindergartners	185	(2)
Finger Plays, Action Rhymes, and Songs	187	(4)
Unit 5: Anti-Bias Activities for Elementary School Children	191	(134)
Developmental Overview for Elementary School Children	192	(1)
Web for Elementary School Children	193	(1)
Summary of Anti-Bias Skills	194	(3)
Letter to Families of Elementary School Children	197	(1)
Book Webs and Activities	198	(122)
Resources for Elementary School Children	320	(5)
Appendix	325	(25)
Anti-Bias Key	325	(1)
Reproducible Anti-Bias Environmental Support Chart	326	(1)
Reproducible Community Resources Chart	327	(1)
Reproducible Literature Resource List	328	(1)
Anti-Bias Matrix	329	(1)
Developmental Overview Activity Chart	330	(3)
Annotated Literature Resource List	333	(5)
Literature Resource List	338	(4)
Braille Guide	342	(1)
American Manual Alphabet	342	(1)
Numbers-American Manual Alphabet	343	(1)
Examples of Signed English	344	(1)
Aboriginal Art Symbols	345	(1)
Pic Symbols	346	(1)
Teacher Resources	347	(3)
Bibliography	350	(2)
Index	352