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Posters and cards

New from Out for Our Children, the first poster in our "Real Families Rock" poster series, depicting the complexity and infinite diversity of ordinary families. The posters are targeted at Early Years Centres and Primary Schools.

Click here to see a larger version
Click here for a high quality printable A4 version (PDF, 4.4Mb)
Click here for a high quality printable A3 version (PDF, 6.7Mb)


A3 poster and postcards are available from info@outforourchildren.co.uk.

Stonewall Education for All poster: 'Some people are gay. Get over it!'
(tested with young people in secondary schools).

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Book Lists

Addressing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Transgender Equality In Primary Schools: Books For Use In Primary And Early Years Settings (An annotated list compiled by Renée DePalma and Elizabeth Atkinson of the University of Sunderland)

Gay's the Word Lesbian and Gay Bookshop has a list of books for children.
Click here or ring them to get a copy: 0207 278 7654.

Two Lives
US company: ‘our mission is to publish and distribute quality books for LGBT families. Here you'll find great books for kids (and a few CDs and DVDs) that depict families like theirs, and books that will help LGBT parents with challenges unique to them.’ This website is a good source of ideas, but unfortunately the company is unable to ship books to the UK.

Letterbox Library
'Celebrating equality and diversity in the best children's books'. Mail order catalogue. Autumn 07 Catalogue 92 included an article on lesbian and gay representations for early years and primary, and there is a paragraph on their home page from this, recommending If I had a hundred Mummies amongst other titles.

East End Eye LGBT web pages
Aims to reflect the diversity, and share the identity of young people in the East End of London. Arose from a project by Tower Hamlets Education Service. Includes many useful links. East End Eye list of books available from Tower Hamlets school library service.

Lists on Amazon
US-based Amazon.com has a number of relevant lists on its Listmania section.
UK-based Amazon.co.uk carries many of the same books, and it has put helpful categories into its search terms, so they are easy to find.

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Publishers

Learn to Include
Early childhood education material (readers) that include same sex parent families. My House, Going to Fair Day, The Rainbow Cubby House and Koalas on Parade - easy-to-read books which include same sex parent families. Written by an Australian primary school student and her lesbian mum (who could not find any readers featuring same-sex families to donate to her daughter's school). Bright and happy, and given the thumbs up by year one students and teachers, what better way to show children that every family is important.’ There is also a teacher’s manual.

Onlywomen Press

Alyson Wonderland
US "imprint dedicated to providing children of gay and lesbian parents books that reflect the reality of their lives".

Amazon
The site has several terms in their search system that will help you to find relevant books.



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Teaching Resources for use with young children

Click here to download a Spacegirl Pukes Activity Pack (1.2Mb)
Read more about Spacegirl Pukes on the Books page.

See also the list of teaching resources on the No Outsiders website.

Government guidance on countering homophobic bullying includes these suggestions on how to promote positive messages about different families (Word document, 50Kb)

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Guides for early years staff and teachers

Embracing Equality: Promoting equality and inclusion in the early years

The Pre-school Learning Alliance's new publication Embracing Equality examines the key role of early years practitioners in creating positive models of inclusion which enable very young children to develop in an environment free from prejudice and discrimination. Described by Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Commission for Equalities and Human Rights, in his foreword as 'essential reading for all practitioners working in early years settings, at all levels and across different sectors', Embracing Equality addresses the fact that children learn prejudiced attitudes and discriminatory behaviour from those around them at a very early age, well before they get to school.

Exploring a wide range of topics, Embracing Equality enables practitioners to improve their own practice in the broader context of anti-discrimination legislation. Thought-provoking case studies and exercises feature throughout, helping early years settings to develop a fully inclusive culture.
Price for Alliance members: £11.40
Price for non-members: £14.25

How to order:
W: www.pre-school.org.uk/shop
T :0870 603 0062
E: pre-school.mh@plas-tek.co.uk
Download an excerpt by clicking here (PDF, 280Kb)

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