[/Include_Pages/include_top_of_each_page.html]
[/Include_Pages/include_navigation_bar.html] 




IDEAS FOR PRESENTATION TO PRESCHOOL AGED CHILDREN

We are caught in a world that is trying to teach our children to simply "accept", or, even worse, "tolerate" those with differences.  To really see inclusion work within our schools, communities, churches and society in general, we must make a shift from "tolerance" and "acceptance" to understanding that each individual will bring something unique to the greater whole.  When others come to understand the interconnectedness of all people and how every human being is needed in that larger "whole".

This is meant to be a resource for all those who are doing presentations on trisomy 21 or disabilities in general.  It is a compilation of ideas from various community members for presentations to various age groups.  To see ideas for a given age group, simply click on the group listed below.

 
 cutecolorsloveicon3.gifCLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR PRESENTATION IDEAScutecolorsloveicon3.gif
 

cutecolorsloveicon3.gifReading Books
Submitted by Monica (mom2mikey)

There are many children's books on the market that portray people with Trisomy 21, or more generally, people with disabilities, in day-to-day settings where they interact with and/or  contribute to their families, classrooms, and/or communities.  As children are exposed to this as "normal", hopefully a shift will be made away from striving towards the things that society has always deemed as "most important" and recognizing that there are many things that make you, and others, important.

 


We'll Paint the Octopus Red 

Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, Woodbine House, 1998


Big Brother Dustin
Alden R Carter, Albert Whitman & Co., 1997


Dustin's Big School Day
Alden R. Carter, Albert Whitman & Co, 1999


Russ and the Apple Tree Surprise
Janet Elizabeth Rickert, Woodbine House, 1999


Russ and the Firehouse
Janet Elizabeth Rickert, Woodbine House, 2000


Russ and the Almost Perfect Day
Janet Elizabeth Rickert, Woodbine House, 2001


For Pete's Sake
Ellen Stoll Walsh, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998


Be Good to Eddie Lee
Virginia Fleming, Philomel Books, Putnam & Grosset Group, 200 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
ISBN-0-399-21993-5


Keith Edward's Different Days

Karen Melberg Schwier, Impact Publishers
ISBN-0-915166-74-7


Leo the Late Bloomer

Robert Kraus, Harper Collins, 1971
ISBN-0-87807-042-7


My Brother, Matthew
Mary Thompson, Woodbine House, 1992

 

UNDER CONSTRUCTION
KEEP CHECKING BACK!

 

  Divorce
 


| Welcome | Calendar of Events | Volunteer | Make a Donation | Contact | Site Map |
-