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Teaching Resources for grades K-4 

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I Am Everything In Between highlights kids who don’t fit into stereotypical gender ideals. This book celebrates children and how they gender identify by sending a positive message that regardless of biological gender, it’s okay to feel like a girl, it’s okay to feel like a boy, and it’s okay feel like "Everything In Between."
Children’s picture book ages 4-8 yrs. 
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Written and illustrated by Sydney Sunderland
ISBN 978-1-989996-06-5    $13.95 Softcover

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 The SOGI 123 website provides excellent resources to assist in helping school districts and educators to build inclusive environments for students of all sexual orientations and gender identities. 
BC educators: videos, lesson plans, and learning modules complete with PowerPoint presentations and facilitator’s guides specifically for elementary students:
https://bc.sogieducation.org/sogi3#elementary-lesson-plans
​Alberta educators:  a wealth of resources at: 
https://ab.sogieducation.org/sogi3

Each link below summarizes the big ideas, curriculum competencies, lesson plan overview, and more—and includes a link to a downloadable Word doc of the full lesson plan. ​
K-12 - Why "That's So Gay" is not Okay 
 K/1 Social Studies & PHE – Family Diversity 
K/1 Social Studies & PHE – Name Calling 
2/3 English Language Arts & PHE – Gender Identity 
2/3/4/5 English Language Arts & PHE– Questioning Gender Expectations  
K/1/2 English Language Arts – Gender Identity and Friendship
K/1/2/3  English Language Arts, Social Studies & PHE  - Pronouns
K/1/2/3/4 English Language Arts & Arts Education - Gender and Labels
K/1/2/3/4 English Language Arts - LGBTQ+ Families 
4/5 Physical and Health Education – Gender Identity, Media and Stereotypes 
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Parents resources- for elementary www.sogieducation.org/parents    
BC Curricular Connections for the I am Everything in between and grades K-3: 
SOCIAL STUDIES, K
  • Big Ideas: Stories and traditions about ourselves and our families reflect who we are and where we are from.
  • Curricular Competencies: Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions.
  • Content: Ways in which individuals and families differ and are the same. Sample Topic: different types of families (nuclear, extended, step-families, adoptive and biological, same-sex, single-parent, etc.).
SOCIAL STUDIES, gr 1/2
  • Big Ideas: Healthy communities recognize and respect the diversity of individuals and care for the local environment.
  • Curricular Competencies: Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions.
  • Content: Diverse cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives within the local and other communities.
PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION, K-3
  • Big Ideas: Learning about ourselves and others helps us develop a positive attitude and caring behaviours, which helps us build healthy relationships.
  • Curricular Competencies: Identify caring behaviours among classmates and within families.
  • Content: Caring behaviours in groups and families.
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Free download of Coloring pages for both books. 
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CONTACT US: 
rebelmountainpress@gmail.com 
Publisher-
Lori Shwydky 
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​Assoc. Publisher-​
​Cheryl Ann Kelly
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