Mom reading for kids
Black History Month is celebrated Wednesday February 1, 2023- Wednesday March 1, 2023. Black History Month is observed annually, which originated in the United States and is also known as African American History Month.
Now the coolest and the importance of Black History Month is that kids of all ages, backgrounds, races and ethnicities can learn some important about Black history, from amazing achievements of African Americans to a legacy of working toward something better.
Here are a few book recommendations from early education experts for you to read to your young infant/toddler to celebrate the achievements, culture and legacy of Black Americans.
Toddlers:
Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell
My Hair is Beautiful by Shauntay Grant
Infants:
Sweet, Sweet Baby! by Javaka Steptoe
Bright Brown Baby: A Treasury by Andrea Davis Pinkney
There are some many awesome ideas our infant and toddlers can do in the classroom or at home to celebrate Black history month.
Black History Ideas:
- Black history bulletin Board Nuts about George Washington Carver- Create peanuts out of construction paper. Teacher and children decorate with own imagination and call it The Peanut Gallery.
- Have fun creating the Garrett Morgan traffic light all over again.(construction paper for the traffic light, draw three circles on the light, cut small uction paper, stick glue and the rest is toddler time)
- Toddlers can make Rosa Parks Rocking Bus Craft out of paper plates and paint and create Rosa, bus driver and/or other passengers out of construction paper, markers, stick glue and the rest is toddler time)
Black History Month is a celebration for EVERYONE to ENJOY