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This important and engaging guide details best practices for supporting the exploration and expression of gender in early years contexts. It explains how to use self-reflection, community collaboration, and action plans to create supportive environments and equitable opportunities for queer children and teachers in early years classrooms and schools. Featuring real-life examples from current classroom practice, the book includes diverse voices of children and adults alike, providing new ways for readers to connect to historically undervalued ideas of inclusion and expansiveness around emerging identities and personal power. Providing clear, practical recommendations in an accessible and engaging way, Gender Expression and Inclusivity in Early Childhood is an essential read for any teacher or school leader who wants to create kinder, more supportive, gender diverse environments for all children and educators.
List of contents
Preface Our Agreements The Attack on Drag Queens: Children, Storytime, and Us 1. Foundations of Gender 2. Gender and Gender Roles: How Did They Come to Be? 3. How Adults View Gender 4. How Children View Gender 5. How Children Explore Gender 6. When Children are Gender-Expansive 7. Supporting Families 8. What About Teachers? 9. Supporting Folx in Less Accepting Areas 10. Reflections, Resources, and Going Forward Epilogue/Acknowledgments
About the author
Samuel Broaden (he/they) is an early childhood author, advocate, and speaker. He has worked in various roles within the early education field and now spends his time speaking and sharing his philosophy on childhood. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his husband Perry and their three (very spoiled) dogs, Oliver, Baby Bear, and Moon Broaden.
Summary
Providing clear, practical recommendations in an accessible and engaging way, Gender Expression and Inclusivity in Early Childhood is an essential read for any teacher or school leader who wants to create kinder, more supportive, gender diverse environments for all children and educators.
