Each child will demonstrate self-awareness, confidence, family pride, and positive social identities.
This is the starting place for all children in all settings.
Guidelines for Goal #1:
As I learn to like the differences in me,
I learn to like the differences in you.
Each child will express comfort and joy with human diversity, accurate language for human differences, and deeply caring human connections.
From infancy on, children notice and are curious about all kinds of differences among people. They also develop their own (often surprising) explanations for the differences they observe and experience.
Guidelines for Goal #2:
Infants are not developmentally ready to understand the concept of justice.
Infants are not developmentally ready to understand the concept of activism.
[Adapted from Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves by Louise Derman-Sparks, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, D.C., 2010.]
Kansas City Parade of Hearts
Dennis Stanton, artist
Our mission is to encourage families to rethink race and the role it plays in our segregated region. Using children’s literature, featuring diverse characters, we will support families with young children (birth-9) to start and strengthen early conversations about race and diversity.
Starting with Stories respects persons from all faith traditions, as well as those who do not have a religious affiliation. We are grateful to religious organizations that generously offer Starting with Stories a venue and support for our work, but we remain—always and in all spaces—open to a diversity of beliefs.
Your donation helps dismantle racism in our community. Please donate now.
Starting with Stories is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization registered in the state of Kansas. All donations are tax-deductible.
