I’ve explained what nonbinary means here, but how do we explain it to a child? Well, I think it helps to start by explaining the word binary. Pretty young kids will know the words unicycle, bicycle and tricycle. Either on their own or with a bit of prompting, maybe some pictures, they’ll figure out the… Continue reading Explaining nonbinary to children
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Lego
So currently there’s an article going around the socials about Lego removing gender bias from its toys. It doesn’t actually say much about what Lego is actually going to do. It does say Lego toys aren’t labeled “for boys” or “for girls” and that they are including more female role models. Other than this, it… Continue reading Lego
“So she’s nonbinary?”
So what happens when you talk to kids about being nonbinary? I’ll share lots of stories about that, but let me start off with this one. I just want to show the simple types of conversations that happen. In this case I was chatting with Olivia and Harper, two 4 year olds, after we read… Continue reading “So she’s nonbinary?”
Stereotype, Stop!
This is a critical thinking game I came up with to get kids to actively notice stereotypes when reading or listening to a story. Having tried it out a few times, I can tell you kids love it! It disrupts the usual passivity of story times as the kids are expected to make noise and… Continue reading Stereotype, Stop!
It Feels Good To Be Yourself
This book, written by Theresa Thorn and illustrated by Noah Grigini, was published in 2019, and is the latest edition to my book collection. This is one of those rather didactic books without much storyline, but I still like it. The images are vibrant and offer their own stories of people with their families out… Continue reading It Feels Good To Be Yourself
Nonbinary
What does nonbinary mean? Very simply put, it means not two groups. So a nonbinary framework of gender is one that recognises there’s not just two genders (e.g. only girls and boys). That’s the easy bit. When someone is talking about their gender and they say they are nonbinary it can mean different things. What… Continue reading Nonbinary
Welcome.
I guess every blog has to have a first post! So here we go… You probably want to know what Singular They is going to be about. Well, everything and anything relevant to gender in early years education. First, let’s be clear about a couple things. Gender is nonbinary and early years education includes children… Continue reading Welcome.