Create a Little Justice Leader with Shelby Kretz
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Modern Education Movement
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My guest today, Shelby Kretz has a dream - to create a world where everyone is accepted for who they are. For her, that means we investing in the next generation. Alongside other topics like maths, sciences and the arts, they also need awareness of social justice. Parents play an important role in this, but talking about social justice issues can be hard. How can we make topics interesting? We might not feel we have enough knowledge on a topic. So Shelby created a fun program to help parents. Little Justice Leaders is a monthly box filled with conversation starters, activities, and other goodies, you can make these tough conversations fun and interesting for your little ones. Her passion is working with kids - she’s spent more than a decade creating fun learning experiences for kids and families. Today we’ll dive into the world of social justice education for younger kids, and how parents can nurture little justice leaders in their own home.
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