top of page

Must Have Books About Families!!

Aug 16, 2021
2 min read

It is important that we affirm as well as expand our students ideas around families. Families are so important in our student's lives and it is important to remember that families look are diverse, intersectional and unique. All of our student's families and who they consider to be part of their families should be honoured and respected. This is how we can create a respectful and inclusive classroom community and school.


While doing a project around creating family pictures, my student wanted to draw his family members that were in another country where he has recently immigrate from. I thought his picture was such a beautiful way to honour, respect, center and remember all of the people in his life who love and care for him. Just because he had moved to another country did not mean he was not thinking of them and that he didn't consider them his family. This was really a lesson for me to critically think about how to do this work in the classroom and how to honour my students and their identities and lived experiences. Some open ended questions I have asked to learn more about my student's families are "Who are the important people in your life who love and care for you? "Which family members live with you and which live in another place? "What do you love about your family?"

Below are some of the beautiful books I have come across with the theme of family. All books have so many different themes and ideas. These book center the different, inclusive and beautiful ways to be a family. When we curate and share books with our students, it is important that they are relevant, responsive and contextual. Different books will be read differently in the different spaces we occupy, it is always important to center the students that are in our classrooms and schools.


This is not really a booklist, but rather some recommendations that show the beautiful realities of what it looks and means to be a family.

...



15 Comments


lypisi
Sep 25

정성 어린 다룸 덕분에 몸이 가벼워져 다음 날 일정도 활기차게 소화했습니다. 출장마사지 케어를 이용해 보면서 전문적인 다룸과 세심한 배려에 출장안마 깊이 감동받았습니다. 익숙하고 안전한 내 공간에서 집중 케어를 받으니 마음까지 한층 더 여유로워진 느낌이었습니다.

Like

xevawuqo
Aug 24

이용 과정이 간단하고 업무 설명이 명확해서 부담 없이 시작할 수룸알바  관련 후기도 많아 참고하기 좋았고 실제 근무 환경도 설명과 비슷해 만족스러운 경험이었습니다.

Like

linda WU
linda WU
Jul 18

Seeing diverse family structures in children's books builds true empathy. It's so vital for illustrations to reflect everyone, including beautiful depictions of characters using different categories of wheelchairs.

Like

zixamyrig
Jul 05

전문성과 친절함을 동시에 안산출장마사지 느낄 수 있는 서비스였습니다. 서비스를 통해 피로 회복과 편안한 휴식을 함께 경험할 수 있어 만족스러웠습니다.

Like

This avif to png converter is actually one of the few that didn’t mess up my images.

I just used this to go from avif to png, and the results were clean and fast.

Like
  • Twitter
  • Gmail

©2023 by rabiakhokhar.com. Proudly created with Wix.com

bottom of page