Preventing Conflict Activity: Name Calling Hurts

Preventing Conflict Activity: Name Calling Hurts

You probably think name calling is something only children do. After all, name calling is one of the most common ways that conflict starts between children, especially on the playground out of the eye of the teacher. What child hasn’t been called a name? However, name calling doesn’t end on the playground. It pervades our […]

What Color is Your Skin? Choosing Color Names

What Color is Your Skin? Choosing Color Names

Have you ever tried to describe the color of your skin? For fiction writers, especially those writing multicultural books and those for children, coming up with color names  to describe skin is an ongoing challenge. Coming up with color names for skin often crops up with children’s lessons on racism and in literature classes, too. A teacher, […]