Early Childhood Anti-Racism Resources

As early childhood professionals strive to make their programs more inclusive for the students and families they serve, addressing racial equity and equality is an important step on the path to inclusivity. This list of webinars, articles, books, and other resources can help support your program’s efforts to be more inclusive of all students.

Resources

1. Webinars
2. Position Statements, Policy Resources, and Guidelines
3. Articles
4. Book Lists

Webinars

• Early Childhood Investigations: Justice from the Streets to the Early Childhood Classroom

• NCPMI: Creating Anti-Racist Early Childhood Spaces

• NCPMI: Having Conversations about Race, Bias, and Equity

• DEC: Understanding Implicit Bias and Its Role in Early Learning Environments

Position Statements, Policy Resources, and Guidelines

• NCPMI: Pyramid Model Program Leadership Team Guidance for Preventing the Use of Suspension and Expulsion and Promoting Equitable, Inclusive and Culturally Responsive Practice

• NAEYC: Advancing Equity position statement

• Zero to Three: Building Strong Foundations: Racial Inequity in Policies that Impact Infants, Toddlers, and Families

• American Academy of Pediatrics: American Academy of Pediatrics Condemns Racism, Offers Advice for Families for How to Talk to their Children

• American Academy of Pediatrics: The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health

• Head Start ECLKC: Talking to Children about Differences and Similarities

• Council for Exceptional Children: Message About Racism and Inequity 

• First Five Years Fund: FFYF Statement Condemning Racial Violence

• NCTE’s Early Childhood Education Assembly: Racial Equity and Anti-Racist Teaching in Early Childhood Education

Articles

• Zero to Three: Racism and Violence: Using Your Power as a Parent to Support Children Aged Two to Five 

• NAEYC: Becoming Upended: Teaching and Learning about Race and Racism with Young Children and Their Families

• Motherly: An Age-By-Age Guide To Talking To Your Kids About Racism

• Edutopia: A Guide to Equity and Anti-Racism for Educators

• Teaching Tolerance: Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice

• National Geographic: Talking to Kids about Race

• Child Mind Institute: A Clinical Perspective on Talking to Kids About Racism

• Parents Magazine: Anti-Racism for Kids: An Age-By-Age Guide to Fighting Hate

• New York Times: Talking to Kids about Racism, Early and Often

• NPR: How Can Parents Make Their Kids Understand How To Be Anti-Racist?

• The Atlantic: What Anti-Racist Teachers Do Differently

• Education Week: Four Ways Schools Can Support Teachers to Become Actively Anti-Racist

• Yale News: It’s Never Too Early to Talk With Children About Race

• Fast Company: 3 Experts on How to Raise Anti-Racist Kids

• The Conversation: 9 Tips Teachers Can Use When Talking About Racism

Book Lists

• Smithsonian Magazine: Twelve Books to Help Children Understand Race, Anti-Racism and Protest

• PBS: 13 Children’s Books About Race and Diversity

• Embrace Race: 20 Picture Books for 2020: Readings to Embrace Race, Provide Solace & Do Good

• Insider: 16 Anti-Racism Books for Young Children

• Today’s Parent: 30 Books to Help You Talk to Your Kids About Racism

• We Need Diverse Books: Resources for Race, Equity, Anti-Racism, and Inclusion

• Self: 23 Books to Help Kids of All Ages Learn About Race