Well, where to start?! I am a little late to posting an individual post to this blog. What can I say…its been its been a hectic few weeks in my neck of the woods, but better late than never.

Over the past few weeks, I, along with Missy and Steph, have been researching child friendly cities around the world. It is a fascinating topic and there are so many different aspects of the child friendly city that we can learn from to make sure our own cities and communities are more inclusive for all citizens big or small.

Besides working on our annotated bibliography and literature review, I had been tasked with finding children’s literature to both support and supplement our curriculum modules. You can find our list of resources under the classroom activities menu in books. I love a good read-a-long book and let me tell you there are SO MANY books about neighbourhoods, communities, citizenship, parks, playgrounds, and community gardens to be found and used as resources. Every time I search for books, it seems there are new titles with new ideas to support Children and their interactions with others and the environment in their neighborhoods, communities and cities. Plenty of content and resources means there are tons of opportunities for us as parents and educators to actively encourage our children to voice their concerns and ideas as young citizens within our communities and cities.

In the next week or two I will be using a few of the books found in our resource list to develop curriculum models that encourage children to share their perspectives on what communities mean to them and how they interact with their respective communities.

I really encourage you to check our current selections out and make sure to check back for new titles over the upcoming weeks!

Stay tuned for more information about this internship and lots of fun curriculum!

– Cas