It’s all about the children
Families’ week is an opportunity for children to learn about the different family structures in our modern society. They will learn that some children have a mum and a dad, some live-in single parent families, some have foster parents, some live with their grandparents and some have same-sex parents.
The focus of the week is to show the children that as long as the family environment is a loving one it does not matter how it is structured. We will celebrating and acknowledging the different types of families is crucial to helping children develop empathy and value others.
Throughout the week the children will share lots of different books about families. Here is our suggested book list:
And Tango Makes Three – Justin Richardson
King and King – Linda De Han
King and Kind and Family – Linda De Han
If I Had a Hundred Mummies – Vanda Carter
Daddy, Pappa and Me – Lesley Newman
Its OK to be Different – Todd Parr
The Family Book – Todd Parr
We Belong Together – Todd Parr
Whoever You Are – Mem Fox
Who’s in a Family – Robert Skutch
Dad David, Baba Chris and Me – Ed Merchant
A Tale of Two Daddies – Vanita Oelschlager
Tale of Two Mummies – Vanita Oelschlager
Hello Sailor –Andre Sollie
My Two Grannies – Floella Benjamin
Asha’s Mums – Rosamund Elwin
All Families Are Special – Norma Simon
Pic-nic in the Park – Joe Griffiths
Finding a Family for Tommy – Rebecca Daniel
My Dads – Kelly Bennet
Missing Mummy – R Cobb
Daddy, Papa and me – L Newman
Fine as we are – A C Hall
Who’s in a family – R Skutch
All my friends – G Lobel
The adoption of teddy the teapot poodle – S Gottfried
An Angel just like me – M Hoffman
Dad, David, Baba Chris and Me – Merchant
Two Homes – C Masurel
Ella moves house – A Hassall
Tracy Beaker- Jacqueline Wilson