Little Peach House School

Since having a school-like morning feels right for my family, I invite you to join us from 8:30-9:30AM pst for live and interactive calendar, reading, and math. I’m teaching to my kids so it’s geared to ages 4-6. I’ll update this page with zoom links, resources we’ll use that you can print off for lessons and my teaching points. Of course if your child’s teacher is providing lessons, I recommend to turn to them.

Our final day is June 12!!

Qualifications: Masters in Teaching from Seattle University, National Boards Certified Teacher- K-8 Literacy, 8 years in the classroom

With love and positivity,

Anela.

If you’re planning on joining us even just in videos, please let me know so I can put your child’s name up in our classroom.

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Support our Service Learning Project!

SALES ARE NOW CLOSED…THE LITTLE PEACH HOUSE KIDS DONATED $400 to Black Mamas Matter and I couldn’t be more proud.

To finish our school year, the kids each chose one thing they had done at home and wrote a guide about how to do this fun activity. This guide includes so many fun ideas from how to make a marble run to how to draw a heart person. This service learning project was a fun way to bring us together even though we spent these past few months so far physically. The kids voted on many organizations and chose to donate the proceeds of this book to Black Mamas Matter.

Both print ($13.39) and ebooks ($4.99) are available just for the month of July. Each sale will make $4.99 in proceeds.

June 8-12

Zoom M-F 8:30-9:30 pst

Fill out the form above and I’ll email you the zoom link + password for May+June.

You can watch replay videos here.

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For these sessions, I invite you to sit alongside your child and participate fully. The discussions I hope our children will have this week will be much more meaningful if they can talk with you. Furthermore, the work I am asking them to do is work we all need to do as we learn more about ourselves, our biases, and our role in the world as allies and advocates.

Monday: Identity and Family Heritage

We’ll revisit This is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe and listen to Ms. King read Where Are You From by Yamile Saied Mendez. The kids will set up an interview to learn more about their family heritage.

Tuesday: Introducing Bias

We’ll discuss a spider and a rainbow to introduce bias. Then we’ll read Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman.

Wednesday: What is Racism?

We’ll listen to Jelani Memory read his book A Book About Racism.

Thursday: On Being an Ally

We’ll revisit One by Kathryn Otoshi and listen to Sanofka read Intersection Allies (see the free pdf download) by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, and Carolyn Choi

Friday: Compassion and Service

We’ll read Last Stop on Market Street and listen to

On Your Own Time

I recommend listening Saladin Allah to read Something Happened in This Town. This is a story about a black man that was shot by police. This article from Embrace Race has some guidance about how to talk to kids about race- my main takeaways are to welcome curiosity, be honest, tell stories, and acknowledge that you might want to think more before you answer questions.

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Resources I recommend and used to prep for this week of learning together:

Beyond the Golden Rule by Dana Williams from Teaching Tolerance. This ebook explains what kids experience developmentally at three different age groups of childhood, has a Q+A with experts, tips for parenting, and a discussion on facing our own biases.
Becoming Upended: Teaching and Learning about Race and Racism with Young Children and Their Families by Kirsten Cole and Diandra Verwayne. This explains one teachers approach to teaching about racism in her classroom. It is filled with citations and resources to consider.

Some Resources for Action