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Multicultural Children’s Book Day Classroom Kit 2022/2023 Mental Health Support for Stressful Times

June 15, 2022 by Frances Evans

As our tenth Multicultural Children’s Book Day holiday approaches on Thursday, January 26, 2023, we are thrilled to have you as part of our amazing community of supporters! With enthusiasm, optimism, and hope, we are preparing for MCBD 2023 and hope you will once again join our celebration of diversity through children’s books.

During last year’s Twitter party a topic that came up often was children’s mental health as a result (or as a side effect) of the pandemic.  This includes but is not limited to anxiety, depression, social isolation, sadness, pandemic fatigue, and mindfulness techniques: in other words, “surviving Covid-19.” We read your Twitter posts and your requests for mental health resources for kids. We listened, and now we’re happy to share with you this year’s classroom kit: Mental Health Support for Stressful Times.  

In this classroom kit, you’ll find resources on 

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Multicultural Booklist Tagged With: classroom kit, Multicultural Children’s Book Day Classroom Kit 2022 Mental Health Support for Stressful Times

Our Latest Free Class Kit is HERE! Raising Awareness on Systemic Racism in America

August 28, 2021 by Valarie Budayr

Racism is endemic to the United States and many societies, yet we often struggle with how to discuss it with our children. Recent events have made clear the danger of delaying these uncomfortable conversations. We must educate our children about racism so that we can root out this cancer eating away at the vitals of our society OR so they can carry forward the work of creating a more just and equitable society.

Racism is not just about the actions of individuals. Racism plays a significant role in determining the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age. These factors affect people’s access to quality housing, education, food, transportation, political power, and other social determinants of health. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Multicultural Booklist Tagged With: classroom kit, Our Latest Free Class Kit is HERE! Raising Awareness on Systemic Racism in America

A Downloadable Classroom Kit just for Homeschoolers!

September 15, 2020 by Valarie Budayr

WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW!

INTRODUCING MCBD’S World Travel from your Homeschool Table: A Diverse Kidlit Booklist & Activity Kit for Homeschoolers and Distance Learners. This is a Bonus Kit that we created as a resource for homeschoolers.

As you may already know, we create free, info-packed kits that are packed with diverse booklist suggestions and companion activities to keep kids reading during the school year.

These free kits are usually created for traditional classrooms, but with the uptick of families switching to homeschooling, we wanted something that would benefit this specific group of learners. Here’s a sample of what’s inside:

Diverse Picture Book Recommendations and Activities for Explorers ages 4-12

A Bonus Booklist from our 2020 Activists and Activism Classroom Kit!

Special Homeschool Activities for Young Explorers Courtesy of:

    • Barefoot Books!
    • Language Lizard!
    • The Pack-n-Go Girls!
    • KidLitTV!

See What Else You Can Expect from this FREE Homeschool-themed Downloadable Kit HERE

DID YOU KNOW…

Did you know that MCBD has many other Free Resources and Classroom Kits! It’s true! Our Diversity Book Lists & Activities for Teachers and Parents page is the motherlode of downloadable/clickable “List of Lists” that are designed to help parents, teachers, and caregivers find the multicultural and diverse book titles for kids that they need.

All of these diverse and multicultural book lists are also broken down into easy-to-find topics and themes. Every blue title linked to more book lists on that topic. Here are some examples of some of  our lists that are in high demand right now:

Anti-Racist Books and Resources

Imagination Soup: Anti-Racist Books for Kids Ages 8 – 12

The Conscious Kid: Critical Conversations

PragmaticMom: White Privilege Books for Kids

Feminist Books for Kids: 9 Children’s Books About Police Brutality

Imagination Soup: Picture Books That Teach Kids About Prejudice, Inclusion, and Kindness

PragmaticMom: How To Teach Kids About Microaggressions

InCulture Parent: 6 Children’s Books to Celebrate Juneteenth

Colours of Us: 37 Children’s Books to help talk about Racism & Discrimination

PragmaticMom: Children’s Books about Skin Color

PragmaticMom: Antiracist Books for Kids, Teens, and Adults

Colours of Us: 150 Children’s Books Celebrating Black Boys

GO HERE to view these resources plus the links to all of our FREE Classroom and Homeschool Kits.


BOOK REVIEWERS, WE.Need. YOU. for MCBD2021!

If you love diverse books for kids and have a social media platform to share a review on, we want to give you a FREE diversity book to review!

AND…you don’t have to be a blogger to review multicultural children’s books for our MCBD2020 (1/29/21) online event. Go here to learn more about how this process works. 

You just need to have a love of diversity in children’s literature, have one non-private social media account on Facebook (Pages only-no Facebook profiles), Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, or YouTube, and be able to leave an honest Amazon review of your assigned book.

SIGN UP to be an MCBD2021 book reviewer HERE and learn more about what it takes to join the MCBD2021 celebration

(Signup deadline is 12/15/20)

Filed Under: Classroom Kit, Diverse Book Review, diversity in children’s books, Multicultural Booklist Tagged With: classroom kit, Classroom Kit just for Homeschoolers, Diverse Kidlit Booklist, Free Resources for homeschoolers

FREE Downloadable Classroom Poverty Kit: Understanding Poverty in America

September 4, 2018 by Valarie Budayr

Multicultural Children’s Book Day

 Classroom Poverty Kit 2019

Poverty Doesn’t Discriminate | Understanding Poverty in America

Is ready for download!

Understanding Poverty in America

As our sixth Multicultural Children’s Book Day holiday approaches on January 25, 2019, we are thrilled to have you as part of our amazing community of supporters! With enthusiasm, optimism, and hope, we are preparing for MCBD 2019 and hope you will, again, join our celebration of diversity through children’s books. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2019 MCBD, Classroom Kit Tagged With: 2019 Classroom Poverty Kit, classroom kit, Classroom Poverty Kit, FREE Classroom Kit, Mehrdokht Amini, Poverty booklist, Understanding Poverty in America

MCBD2018’s FREE Classroom Empathy Kit is Here! #Empathy #Immigration

September 20, 2017 by Valarie Budayr

Our FREE Classroom Empathy Kit is ready to download and share HERE!

 

Now more than ever, a message of hope, compassion, empathy, and understanding is needed.

Now more than ever, children need to see themselves reflected in the pages of the books they read. Readers of all ages need to be able to “read their world” to both see themselves, and those are who different, whether by culture, religion, sexual orientation, special needs or ethnicity.

Now more than ever, we need to come together as a nation of beautifully diverse people.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day is proud to offer an initiative and holiday that encourages discovery, hope, acceptance, and exploration through the pages of diverse children’s literature.

As our fifth Multicultural Children’s Book Day holiday approaches on January 27, 2018, we are thrilled to have you as part of our amazing community of supporters! With enthusiasm, optimism, and hope, we are preparing for MCBD 2018 and hope you will, again, join our celebration of diversity through children’s books.

Thank you for cultivating understanding, kindness, inclusion, and exploration of this beautiful world in your classroom. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2018 MCBD, Special Events, Teacher Classroom Empathy Kit Tagged With: Classroom Empathy Kit, classroom kit, Empathy Classroom Kit, FREE Classroom Empathy Kit, MCBD 2018, MCBD2018

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