NOT ALL CLASSROOMS LOOK THE SAME

THAT’S WHY WE WANT TO HELP
MAKE EVERY CHILD Feel INCLUDED

For our children, daycare centers are often their first contact with society as a whole. For the first time, they move outside the safety of their own family universe, are given new caregivers and belong to a new group in which different rules may apply than at home. Here they learn what place the world ascribes to them ("secret education").

Daycare centers are places where discrimination takes place on a daily basis. Various forms of discrimination are reproduced, experienced and observed here, and children learn how to deal with them.

Educators have a special responsibility in this context. However, educators are usually faced with a mammoth task that they do not (yet) feel up to and that they have to cope with in addition to their chronic overload.

That's why we have put together this hand-curated box set of books, dolls and craft materials, which gives diversity in Germany many faces and provides opportunities for discussion.

Your Kita benefits from …

Kita stories

KASUMBA

Kasumba is 5 years old. She was born in Berlin to parents from DRC Congo and Zimbabwe. Kasumba has already experienced racism in her little life, being teased about her brown skin and Afro hair. Kasumba speaks Lingala at home and her favourite food is pondu. Being one of the only Black children in her daycare center, she feels embarrassed to wear her traditional clothes to kita. Kasumba benefited from playing with “Little Ashé dolls” with other children in her group. Together they explored different cultures through memory games like “Menschen der Welt”.  

Willi

Meet Willi, a happy-go-lucky 6-year-old growing up surrounded by the love of his queer family. Willi has always felt warmth and acceptance, from his two mums  and their tight-knit community. However, as Willi arrives at his kita each day, he encounters a different reality. The innocent curiosity of other kids, creates discomfort and uncertainty in him. Willi is too young to comprehend the questioning of his family structure. It is with the help of his educators and books like "Zwei Papas für Tango" and "So schlafe ich! Und wie schläfst du?" that help his group to understand the commonality of diverse families. 

SALIMA

Salima, an artistic 3-year-old, adores the warmth of her familiar neighbourhood where her kita resides. Yet, when her mother, veiled in a hijab, walks with her, the innocence of childhood curiosity turns into unwelcome stares and questions. Salima faces the unease stirred by the inability of others to embrace the diversity that her mama brings. Salima and her kita group benefited from books and games with Muslim characters like ''Das Zuckerfest'' and "Mein muslimisches Mitmachbuch"  that create an inclusive embrace that transcends the surface of appearances.

SAM

Sam, the lively 4-year-old, thrives on the joy of playing with friends in the park and in his kindergarten. When a new kid joins the kindergarten, Sam experiences stares and cruel jokes, he feels angry and sad. When he is confronted with questions regarding his wheelchair, Sam feels the weight of being “different”,  no longer an equal playmate but instead someone to be pitied or navigated around. The questions, well-intentioned but coated with pity, make Sam feel "othered" and isolated. Sam's burden was relieved after reading books like “Unter den Wellen” und “Stephen Hawking” with his kita group.

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