MLK

We spent the week before MLK day learning about him and his work.  First we learned how to say his name, and we looked at his picture, until the kids could recognize him and say his name.  Then, we talked about what is fair and what is not fair.  Would Martin Luther King say it is fair to only let people with curly hair eat lunch here?  NO. Would he say that all kids, no matter what they look like, can eat here with us?  YES. One day we talked about what is a dream and what does it mean?  We read a lot of books about skin, and talked about our skin just being a covering for who we are inside.  The concept of diversity was introduced via colors.  What would it look like if all the cars were white?  Boring.  What if everyone always wore a red shirt?  Boring.  We painted outlines of our hands and bodies with lots of colors.