by Miranda Paul on Youtube
Thank you...You liked it, didn't you? I know. And I also know that we all read books with wonderful diversity in our story times. Thou shalt not preach to the choir! But the other day I thought: hmm,I should look at my flannel sets from the perspective of diversity. I had the thought, (yay, me), but for those of us working public libraries in the midst of Summer Reading...thoughts don't automatically turn into actions with any immediacy. All in good time.
My library community, where Piper and I work, is extremely diverse - culturally, ethnically, racially...we are the United Nations! Our families represent more than 60 languages - truly something wonderful. It is the library's job to be sure our families know the value of literacy and shared reading. We embrace our neighbors and each unique culture. We make sure to build our town's collection with an eye always on diversity. It is our hope that each child sees himself or herself in our diverse books and in our creative story times.
Our SRP kids made this on Wednesday:
(inspired by Pinterest)
Today I'm making a kid for the Flannel Boad...a kid of color. He'll interact with lots of my flannels. I look forward to using him with Piper's bandaids and allowing both Tanika and Isabella well deserved breaks from having to "do everything!"
Here's the template on the stiff felt backing, (he's almost 16" tall!). Need to tape him down and cut around the entire template. Think I'll lengthen and beef up those skinny legs a tad.
Here's the template on the stiff felt backing, (he's almost 16" tall!). Need to tape him down and cut around the entire template. Think I'll lengthen and beef up those skinny legs a tad.
Skin color, hmm...check these felt colors! I often use the caramel color to show diversity...but today I am selecting the dark brown. And I'll use black for the hair. Thinking of changing the hair style to something that spikes up!
I really want to make a tie-dye T-shirt but possibly Batman would be better? Or a shirt with a dinosaur or bugs or what? Advice, anyone?
Okay, you'll need to come back next week because I'm short on supplies. Blaming the Summer Reading Program again, this girl's too tired to shop.
P.S. (Piper Script): We're going to miss these S.R.P. kids, I may have to visit them at school.
If you like diversity in flannels, you may also like this one...looks like I drew the same kid. wow! Thanks for visiting Piper Loves the Library. Please comment, we love to hear from you.
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Update to this post, already! I changed up the kid drawing! Look at the new template:
Cute!! I've done a few of my newer sets as people of color also. My five little boys that go to the barber shop and my Dad with his colorful ties. My kiddos respond well to the diversity in the flannel sets as well as books that we read. Thanks for this great post!
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