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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Diversity Activity

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In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. day, I wanted to reshare a post from last year.  It was inspired when my son felt my braided hair and asked me,

“Momma, why do you have braids like a black girl?”

The post features the answers that several children gave to the question:
Why do people have different color skin? Click here to see their answers
Also in this post is a simple way to explain differences in skin color to children using terms and the means that they can understand.

Andie Jaye

Andie Jaye is a former preschool teacher turned stay-at-home mom of 3 kiddos. Her blog, Do.Play.Learn., (formerly named Crayon Freckles), focuses on creative learning and play ideas, as well as parenting topics. Andie strives to be honest in her approach and experiences in parenting to let other moms know that they are not alone in their struggle. In her free time, she writes children’s books in hopes of publishing someday.

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