INTRO: (Establish importance of first 3 years and connect it to sameness/differences.) Text: As librarians who work with children, it's important to know

Nurture diversity @your library.®

INTRO: (Establish importance of first 3 years and connect it to sameness/differences.)

Text: As librarians who work with children, it's important to know that we all learn so much during the first three years of life.


Text: We learn to sit up on our own.

Image: Baby or toddler sitting up


Text: We learn to make noises.

Image: Image of baby or toddler with open mouth or with a facial expression that implies sound.


Text: We learn to walk.

Image: Image of baby or toddler walking.


Text: We learn to read.

Image: Image of young child with a book.


Text: We are the same

Image: Choose multiple pictures of young children engaged in similar activities.


Text: We are also different.

Image: Pictures that show obvious difference(s) between children.


Text: We need different things.

Image: Choose several photos of young children that illustrated how different their needs are. Ex: Learning difficulties, autism, down syndrome, deaf, blind?


Text: ALA Core Competencies supporting diversity.

Text: Children need to read books that have people who look like them.

Text: Children also need to read books about different people/cultures/places.


Text: Reiterate the importance of learning in the first 3 years of life.

Text: Create a diverse collection of books at your library.

Image(s): Share images of 4 or 5 books that promote diversity in some way. Ex: Todd Parr’s It’s Okay to Be Different.


Text: Meme = Nurture diversity @ your library.®


Credits: Video created by Amy Stafford using Windows Movie Maker.

Music: “Feel Good Acoustic Ukulele” by Akashic Records, via jamendo.com

Books: Example = It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr (Little, Brown 2009). {Windows Movie Maker doesn’t allow Italics on just portions of text.}

Images: Citations for each image.

Documents

INTRO: (Establish importance of first 3 years and connect it to sameness/differences.) Text: As librarians who work with children, it's important to know