Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 4/27/2007 6:13:00 AM Author: Subject: prek, kdg Well neither ARE manditaory in Illinois. To the post above I am glad your child will not be in my pre k class. Yes we teach tolerance to some extent. We show children that we are all equal and have the same rights as everyone. That is what America stands for or so I thought. As for holidays. we can't ( unfortunately) teach about Easter becasue of the religious conotation. We do Cinco DeMayo celebrations, Black History performances, etc. To show the diversity. As far as the Homo uality issue. I don't think that isue has a place in schools. If a family has two parents of the same I would hope you would not teach your child to hate that child or think differently of that child becasue of that. We do Halloween at school I ask for no scary costumes. We don't portray witches as positive. I don't thinkanyones views shoudl be PUSHED as you put it on anyone else, but this country sometimes works that way. If people have a different belief or awareness of something someone is against then that is worng in our soceities eyes. We all have to think one way and be robots sometimes. I sure would want my children to grow up respecting people of other cultures and beliefs than hating or disrespecting them. When we teach hate or intolerance we make children sometimes violent and disrespectful citizens. I don't my children growing up in that kind of environment. Name: Email: Subject

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