I am Alexis, World Traveler and I would love for you to join me on my many travels to different countries. Together we will learn about the children and families of these lands. We will learn it is ok to be different, that we are all God's Children.
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Alexis's mother and I feel it is important to teach Alexis about diversity and cultural awareness. We want Alexis to know that people of different cultures may be different from us but that it is ok to be different. We want her to know that if we understand their culture that the differences are not really that great. From the time Alexis was born we have been talking to her about world events, and racial tolerance. She has never heard a racial slur in her six years of life. The foundations for racial attitudes are laid as infants and toddlers and after the age of nine their racial attitudes tend to stay the same. That is why it is so important that we never let our children hear or see any form of racial intolerance. When you live in rural Indiana it makes it more challenging to teach about diversity and different cultures. We came up with the idea to have her study about a different country each month and we will do fun activities such as eating at restaurants, playing games, visiting museums, dressing , and listening to music depicting the country we are studying. Follow Alexis on her many travels around the world and feel free to join her as she learns about the many different cultures.

~Mamaw~

Friday, March 2, 2012

Wrapping Up Black History Month

Posted in | 8:28 AM | by Diana

This has been an extremely busy month, we've been doing many many home improvement projects so we have been getting a little behind in our posting lately. I'll try to do better this month.

For February we have been working on learning about black history. Here are a few of the books we've read.

The Beatitudes: From Slavery To Civil Rights

From Goodreads.com: Since the earliest days of slavery, African Americans have called on their religious faith in the struggle against oppression. The Beatitudes from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount form the backdrop for Weatherford's powerful free-verse poem that traces the journey from slavery to civil rights.

My 2 cents: This is one of the most powerful and uplifting children's books I have ever read on the topic of slavery and civil rights. Along the bottom of each illustrated page the beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount Mathew 5:3-12 are subtly placed.

Blessed are:

  • the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  • they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
  • the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
  • they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
  • the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
  • the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
  • the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
  • they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Each verse of the poem tells how God was there through slavery, he was there through the civil rights and he will be there always. Alexis's favorite part is when the poem says 'I was there during the inauguration of President Barack Obama. I was the Bible...' This book is powerfully uplifting. Recommended


As Good As Anybody by Richard Michelson

This book shows the lives of Dr. King and Abraham Joshua Heschel starting at boyhood through the end of their lives. Martin faced discrimination because of his color and Abraham faces discrimination in Hitler's Germany as a Jew. The two men find their way to each other in the struggle for human rights by uniting Christians and Jews and blacks and whites.

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