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A Letter of Support from Our Curriculum Council

June 11, 2020

A typed letter of support from the Curriculum Council
  • Discovery Education’s “Dissent, Equity, and Inspiring Change” Channel (all Elementary and Middle School Five Oaks students who have an FOA email address can access by signing into Discovery through Google):  https://bit.ly/DEInspiringChange
  • “Talking Race with Young Children,” an National Public Radio and Sesame Street Podcast:  Talking Race With Young Children (NPR) 
  • Information for parents about age-appropriate discussions:  An age-by-age guide to talking with children about race (Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids)
  • Parent resource:  Learning for Justice
  • Children’s book (also available as read-alouds on YouTube):  The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler and Shades of People by Sheila M. Kelly and Shelley Rotner
  • Advice for parents in having conversations with children: https://bit.ly/ParentToolKitKids
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