Many of your students may be hearing things on the news about the protests around the country. Talking with kids about these issues are important for many reasons. Children feel anxiety when they don't understand what adults are talking about and seeing on the news so talking about this makes kids feel safe, all of these kids will grow up and become adults so preparing them for adulthood means having conversations that may be uncomfortable, and the more exposure kids get to concepts the more background knowledge gives them better problem solving and literacy skills for the future.
Remember your kiddos may not have the language or the words for what they are seeing, or feeling so giving them words and explaining things several times will be important.
Here are a few resources that were recently shared with me. I hope they will help you to have conversations about what is happening in the world.
