Promoting Safe and Inclusive Learning Environments
As children settle into the new school year, Child Action encourages families and child care providers to work together to create environments where every child feels safe, valued, and respected.
Recognizing and Responding to Bullying
Research from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) shows that Muslim students and other children from diverse backgrounds often face bullying or bias at higher rates than their peers.
Bullying can take many forms — verbal, social, physical, or online — and can deeply affect a child’s confidence and emotional well-being. Families and caregivers play a vital role in prevention by maintaining open communication with children, modeling kindness, and teaching them how to seek help when they or others are treated unfairly.
Practical Steps for Families and Educators
These trusted resources help families, educators, and providers recognize, prevent, and respond to bullying or bias while fostering inclusive learning spaces where every child feels they belong.
Book Recommendations for Children, Educators & Families
Here are a few inspiring titles available from the Child Action, Inc. Lending Library that promote kindness, empathy, and respect for diversity:
For Educators & Providers:
• How to Have Anti-Racist Conversations by Roxy Manning, Ph.D.
• Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves by Louise Derman-Sparks, Julie Olsen Edwards, and Catherine M. Goins
• The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities by Sonia Nieto
For Children & Families:
• Counting on Community by Innosanto Nagara
• Spanish is My Superpower by Jennifer Jones
Storytime Resources That Build Connection
The Child Action, Inc. Lending Library offers themed book bags designed to help child care providers and families foster learning, inclusion, and connection through storytime.
Borrow and Learn Together
These resources and more are available for check-out through the Child Action, Inc. Lending Library. Visit our website or contact us to learn more about borrowing materials to enhance your child care environment or family reading time.
“Together, we can help ensure that every child — regardless of faith, culture, or background — feels they belong and can thrive.”
Resource Lending Library
Child Action offers a library of resources available for loan to parents, teachers, child care providers and other members of the community working with children. You can browse the library at our office or online.