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Teaching diversity: tales from public school

July 9, 2013 by Jessica 12 Comments

Welcome to the July 2013 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Learning About Diversity This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared how they teach their children to embrace and respect the variety of people and cultures that…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, Featured Tagged With: community, diversity, Expeditionary Learning, language, languages, public school, schooling

View from a purple state

November 6, 2012 by Jessica Leave a Comment

This election business poses a challenge for me.  Everyone is talking on Facebook about their hopes and fears, but, when I’m standing in my kitchen talking to my 6-year-old, I don’t want to talk too much about politics. My son just doesn’t need too much of the world on his shoulders. I wonder what truly…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: advocacy, diversity, election, NaBloPoMo, poetry, political parties, politics, presidential election, purple state, tolerance

Diversity and Language: Not Just Words

November 21, 2008 by Jessica Leave a Comment

This post originally appeared on DC Metro Moms on November 21, 2008 Diversity and Language: Not Just Words “How do we say manos in French?” my two-and-a-half-year-old son asked, his open hands twisting on his wrists high in the air. “Wait, he’s learning two other languages?” my friend asked, head cocked to the side. French…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: bilingualism, children, diversity, French, language, Spanish, teaching

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