How exciting is it that new episodes of Bluey are out?!!! We all just want to talk about Bluey don’t we? I have so much to say, that I’ll be breaking one of my blogging rules of keeping posts short if I say it all. So today I’ll just share one idea about Bluey. Bluey… Continue reading Bluey
Category: Language
Impact beyond kids
I was reminded yesterday by a parent that doing gender work with children has a much greater reach than just the kids involved in the work. The parent tweeted a story about their child correcting the parent’s gendered assumptions and credited the work I had done with the child’s class last year. This goes to… Continue reading Impact beyond kids
Explaining nonbinary to children
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
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