21 Picture Books About Strong Girls. {Hello!
If you are checking us out for the first time and like what you see you can subscribe here and follow us on Facebook to get new ideas to play and learn with your kids daily. } I have always tried to expose my son to strong girl characters, but now that I am a mom to a little girl, providing her with a strong base from which to grow is imperative. Already at 2 she is into princesses , begs to put on my makeup, and can match her bows to her clothes better than her dad. I won’t stop her from exploring these stereotypical girl things, nor will I push her to anything she clearly dislikes; however, I will work hard to provide examples of strong girls. Girls with voices, girls whose feelings are validated, and girls who don’t give up because someone said ‘a girl can’t do it.’ Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans was a childhood favorite and I remember being a little girl and thinking I want to be just like Madeline because she was so brave.
Princess Smartypants Ladybug Girl Dresses Up! Rosa. HowTo_StrongFemaleCharacters_ME2. The Importance of Strong Female Leads in Kid's Literature - Guest Post. The Importance of Strong Female Leads in Kid's Literature by Aleesah Darlison In years to come, if my daughter is asked who her childhood role models were, I wonder if she will list so-called celebrities of today such as Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and Snooki.
Women like these dominate newspapers, magazines and websites for no other reason than that they’re pretty, bored, wealthy and ... and ... maybe it’s just me, but I find it hard to think of things these women actually have going for them. Great fashion stylists, perhaps? Forgive the cynicism, but I think our girls need more. I hope they want more, too. Almost every culture in our world is ruled by a patriarchal society. Our daughters have it stacked against them before they’re even born. The answer is: maybe.
In the words of Kofi Annan, “There is no tool for development more effective than the education of girls.” How Do You Find Feminist Children's Books? My best luck has come through bloggers/authors.
If you find one intelligent, feminist friendly author, see if they have a blog, and bookmark it. Writers READ, and authors who pay attention to issues of isms within their own work are usually seeking out things to read that do the same, as are their fans writing in the comments sections. No more Disney: where are the picture books with smart female role models?
I am a literary aunt and I'm terrified my Disney-princess-loving niece will have highly distorted views of women, body image and life in general if her brain is fed nothing but Disney!
Identity Development. Identity is an individual's self definition that focuses on enduring characteristics of the self.
In an established identity, the individual is able to explain the origins of these self-defined characteristics and the influences behind those origins. Complete identity includes a clarification of one's morals, ethics, and standards, as well as a commitment to a future occupation. Many development theorists see identity development as a means for an individual to explain the present as a bridge from the past to the future. The major processes that comprise identity development are addressed by Erik Erikson (1902–1994) in his theory of psychosocial development. Most psychologists appreciate Erikson's theory because of its “utility in many professional arenas [such as] clinical, theoretical and empirical” (McKinney, 2001). Erikson was interested in explaining the development of the healthy personality, based on an enduring ego identity. Attachment Theory. Social Learning Theory.
Celebrating the brilliance of British women of colour. Inspiring young girls to define success on their own terms. I'mPOSSIBLE is a social enterprise aiming to inspire young girls of color by promoting role modelsThey have hosted platforms with leading ethnic minority professional womenI'mPOSSIBLE teamed up with Diane Abbott's Black Women Mean Business initiative for an event at the House of Commons Earnst&Young study found that lack of role models forms one of the top barriers to female success at work London, England (CNN) -- Female role models are a very powerful and positive image to implant into young girls' psyches.
In a recent study of 1000 UK women aged 18 to 60, the lack of role-models emerged as one of the top barriers to female success in the workplace. A mindset shift in girls cannot be achieved by inspirational Instagram memes and philosophical Facebook statuses, but by closing the gap between the success they see or have heard of, and the ideas that they hold about themselves.
Simone Bresi-Ando Leading by example. Parenting Pink! Saving Our Daughters From An Army Of Princesses. Cinderella Ate My DaughterBy Peggy OrensteinHardcover, 256 pagesHarperList Price: $25.99 Why I Hoped for a Boy Here is my dirty little secret: as a journalist, I have spent nearly two decades writing about girls, thinking about girls, talking about how girls should be raised.
Yet, when I finally got pregnant myself, I was terrified at the thought of having a daughter. While my friends, especially those who'd already had sons, braced themselves against disappointment should the delivery room doc announce, "It's a boy," I felt like the perpetual backseat driver who freezes when handed the wheel. Raising Girls - Parenting. Raising Daughters. How to Start a Book Publishing Company.
Children's. Children's Publishing Market Forecast 2014. “Children’s/YA Books Often Bypassing Intended Audience in Digital World” Children's Publishing Market Forecast 2014 is a critical research tool that explores a much-discussed but little-understood side of the market: children's e-books.
In a pair of nationally representative surveys you just can't get anywhere else, this report answers the pressing questions pertaining to this segment: What percentage of adults buy children's and YA books, and in what format are they buying them? How do e-book buyers and iPad owners view the intersection between children and reading, and what extent do they buy digital children's books?
HTML5 Is the Future of Book Authorship. Goal: 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten. Lately, I have become obsessed with numbers—and with good reason.
Across the country, educators are looking to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to increase the level of students’ knowledge by high school graduation. Marilyn Jager Adams, professor of cognitive and linguistic sciences at Brown University (whose research helped shape the CCSS), argues that students need to know close to 100,000 words in order to be critical thinkers and strong readers. It’s a daunting number, one that’s virtually impossible to reach by studying vocabulary lists alone. Rather, Adams says students need to read more often; that by doing so, they will then be able to tackle increasingly challenging texts as they gain comprehension skills. It starts with a story What does this have to do with early learning? Children’s author and reading advocate Mem Fox encourages parents to “read at least three stories a day; it may be the same story three times. Best Interactive eBooks. Part 3: Parents and Reading to Children. Released: May 1, 2013 By Carolyn Miller, Kathryn Zickuhr, Lee Rainie and Kristen Purcell.
