We Are All Different: A Celebration of Diversity!

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Have you ever been in a situation where you’ve felt uncomfortable or left out? It’s not nice, is it? Well, that’s how some children would feel if your classroom or school wasn’t inclusive.Some children face barriers that they need to overcome in their education. Without an inclusive classroom, this wouldn’t be possible. 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). If you're promoting positive thinking and celebrating diversity, you might also be interested in this Diversity Acronym Pastel Colours Inspirational Poster, or lovely We May All Be Different but in This Class We Grow Together Pastel Colours Inspirational Posteror this The World Needs All Kinds of Minds Inspirational Poster. Each Twinkl Originals story comes with a collection of teaching resources to inspire cross-curricular learning. You can also join Twinkl's own children's book club (UK only) to have a printed book delivered to your door every half-term. In this story the star-belly and plain-belly Sneeches learn that neither type is superior and that they are able to get along and become friends. The Color of Us by Karen Katz

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. Hayley Goleniowska has helped especially with the spread on learning disabilities. Her daughter has Down’s syndrome and she is an author and blogger on the subject of learning disability. To learn about the lifecycle of a caterpillar, try The Cautious Caterpillar. It's great for a minibeasts topic and can inspire interest in the natural world. 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. 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

Public Broadcasting Sysyem. "Diversity in the Classroom." Precious Children. www.pbs.org/kcts/preciouschildren/diversity/ Rachel Faturoti gave her insights into the spreads on ethnicity/race/culture as a British Nigerian woman. Ongoing Covid restrictions, reduced air and freight capacity, high volumes and winter weather conditions are all impacting transportation and local delivery across the globe. Volunteering can have a meaningful and positive impact on your community and is a fantastic way to meet people, make connections and be happier. You can never tell who you will meet or what new information you may learn, or the influence this could have on your life.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. We Are All Different: What Makes You Special? PowerPoint - As a follow-up session, you could encourage children to think about what makes them special with this PowerPoint. This 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. Follow a week in the life of a zoo vet as he tries to find the right treatment for different animals in The Zoo Vet. It's full of opportunities for discussion and will help children learn about a variety of animals.

The assembly PowerPoint explores what makes us all special and different. Many of the slides offer opportunities for discussion, so you could ask for volunteers to answer the questions. For example, you can ask children what the word 'different' means as well as how they're different from their friends. 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. This We Are All Different and That Is Beautiful Inspirational Poster has been designed to encourage children to think positively about their differences and what makes them unique and how this is embraced and celebrated in the classroom. There's a full range of additional resources available to support this story too. Just like the storybook, they've been written by teachers and designed to be used in the classroom. Take a look at these and see how you can use them in your teaching:

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In each square of the bingo card, place an image of something from a specific culture. To play, hold up one of the large set of pictures; tell the children (or ask them) what the picture is and what culture it comes from. Students who get five across, down, or diagonally win. Rebecca Heyes is a dyslexia and dyscalculia specialist and also helped with the neurodiversity element of the book.