"I see brown skin." "I see a suit."
"I see a man." "I see lots of people." "I see him speaking."
"I think he must be important" "I think people need to listen to him."
"I think he's serious."
To help us understand our physical differences verses our inner qualities, we examined two eggs. The kids found many similarities between the outside of the eggs- they were eggs, round, smelled "nasty", cold, and smooth. I asked what was different about the eggs and some kids shared they were slightly different sizes or one had a few bumpy spots, but not even one child said color! After prompting, they decided one egg was brown and one was white. I told you, they don't see color differences!
Yes, my friends, the eggs are the same inside! After a lengthy clean-up, we went back to our recording page, colored our observations, and dictated a sentence to a teacher to describe how eggs are like people.
Like Dr. King, my dream is that these children grow up and continue to be leaders of peace, equality, and fairness because we still have a long way to go. If the only thing they remember from kindergarten is this lesson, I will feel like I've done my job. How can you continue this conversation with your child and family?