I thought everyone, or everyone with children at least, knew about the differences between boy and girl section clothing — because it’s been blogged about a lot (e.g. here, here, and here). However, I posted these photos above of T-shirts from a “girl” section vs T-shirts from a “boy” section on facebook. My friends took… Continue reading Gendered Clothing
Category: Stereotypes
Bluey
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
Gender Expression Clothes Rack
This is another provocation with which I love watching children engage! For some it is the very first time they’ve truly had the opportunity to choose their own clothes — and that’s what it’s about. Not dressing up and playing make believe, but choosing your own style, your own gender expression. From my observations, unless… Continue reading Gender Expression Clothes Rack
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
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!