Out For Our Children

Celebrating LGBT History Month in Early

Years

Louise Davies

Out For Our Children is a group of London lesbian parents producing books and resources that reflect our children's lives and family experiences. A child needs love, support and acceptance for who they are and where they come from and OFOC believe that inclusive books and other materials are an essential part of that

support.

Our new Foundation Stage Pack is now available to view or download at

www.outforourchildren.co.uk

Activities for Nursery and Reception (all referenced to SEAL and EYFS)

Law and Educational Policy GuidanceFrequently Asked Questions

Activities for LGBT History Month with Early Years children

If I Had A Hundred MummiesVanda Carter

A young girl speculates on what life would be like with more than the usual allocation of mothers!

SEALSay No To Bullying:I like the ways we are all different and can tell you something special about meNew Beginnings:Understanding the feelings of othersI know that everybody in the world has feelingsEYFSPersonal, Social and Emotional Development:Understand that people have different needs, views, cultures and beliefs that need to be treated with respectUnderstand that they can expect others to treat their needs, views, cultures

and beliefs with respect

If I Had A Hundred Mummies

If I Had A Hundred Mummies

• Role Play – The things we like to do with our parent/carer.1. Yes Let’s2. Imaginary Journey

• Role Play Follow Up 1. Make and send some postcards from your destination2. Video children explaining where they have been (perhaps to an

adult who did not go on the journey) play it back to them 3. Draw/paint pictures of what the hundred mummies got up to when

you arrived

IntroductionRead the story.To DiscussWhat happens in the story? What was good about having a hundred mummies?What was not so good?Did the little girl really have a hundred mummies? How many mummies did she really have?

If I Had A Hundred Mummies

If I Had A Hundred Mummies

• CollageThere is a page in the book which is a collage of all of the mummies junk. Ask the children what kind of things their mums/carers like to keep. Provide them with magazines and junk materials to create their own collages (show them the page in the book for inspiration and point out that they can layer things on top of each other).

• Wonderful MummiesAsk the children to draw their mummy/mummies (or carer) and cut her/him out. Then stick them at the beginning of a long strip of paper, slowly adding to them one by one and forming a queue just like in the book. Display this and encourage mummies to come and take a look!

The Singing Nun

Radcliffe Hall & Una Trowbridge

Rebecca Stephens