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Ask your child to strike a superhero pose and shareone special thing about him- or herself. Ask yourchild to share something special about a friend orfamily member. Have your child think about their friends or familymembers. Ask them to think of ways they are thesame, and ways they are different. What color hairand eyes do they have? How many ears? Do theywear glasses? What is their favorite color? What dothey like best about that person?Talk about families you know. Invite kids to draw andshare a family picture. Share, "Not all families are thesame. Some families have one parent, some havetwo, some may even have more. Sometimes thereare brothers or sisters or grandparents." Then talkabout what's true of all families-for instance, thatthey all love and want to take care of each other.

Try one of these quick activities to help your child thinkabout people who may be similar to or different fromthemselves.

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As we celebrate and talk to our children about diversity, itis important that our messages help them learn to bothrespect and appreciate people's differences as well asunderstand all the things we have in common.

We are Different/We are the SameHair Love

Matthew Cherry

We MarchShane Evans

Hands Up!Breanna J. McDaniel

M is for Melanin: A Celebrationof the Black Child

Tiffany Rose

Mae Among the StarsRoda Ahed

Black HistoryMonthFebruary 2020

I am Jackie RobinsonBrad Meltzer

Start a loveof reading,one book at

a time!

Monthly Activity

Monthly FamilyReading Tip

This activity is inspired by "We are All Different; We Are all the Same" fromSesame Street in Communities. sesamestreetincommunities.org/activities/we-are-all-different-we-are-all-the-same/

Stop and ask questions while reading to your little one. Take time to listen toyour child's answers. When you encourage your child to tell you what he orshe thinks, you're building language skills, encouraging critical thinking andlearning more about how your child sees the world at the same time.