JDAIM Storytime – We Belong

To help us celebrate Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, & Inclusion month, we are reading the book We Belong by Laura Purdie Salas and illustrated by Carlos Velez Aguilera. Inclusion Activity: Poem Template The author of  We Belong, Laura Purdie Salas, has created a wonderful poem template activity that you can use in the classroom that … Continue reading JDAIM Storytime – We Belong

JDAIM Storytime – Inclusion

We read; Fast Friends by Heather M. O’Connor and illustrated by Claudia Davila and Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts Our Activity: Inclusion Posters As a class, brainstorm ways that you can make everyone feel included.  A few examples are; ask someone who is alone at recess to play ask … Continue reading JDAIM Storytime – Inclusion

JDAIM Storytime – Kindness

One of February’s designations is Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month.  Our focus this week is kindness and ways we can be kind.  We read: When I Care About Others by Cornelia Maude Spelman and illustrated by Kathy Parkinson and Kind by Axel Scheffler and 38 illustrators! Class Activity – Make A Class Kindness … Continue reading JDAIM Storytime – Kindness

Books on Inclusivity for JDAIM Month

The month of February is JDAIM- Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month.  The right book can really help foster more awareness and kindness in our students.  I have created a book bin with books on this topic for reading buddies that you can find at any time in the library.  I have also created a … Continue reading Books on Inclusivity for JDAIM Month