From an actual first grade teacher in New York City...
“What an amazing way to teach individuality, empathy, and acceptance!
Drag Queen Story Hour gave my first graders a fun and interactive platform to talk and think about social and emotional issues like acceptance, being yourself, and loving who you are.
Through books, songs, arts and crafts, and movement activities, they explored these issues and had an amazing time doing it!
During our debrief after DQSH, they were preaching the incredible lessons they had learned, like “It’s ok to be different,” and “There’s no such thing as ‘boy’ things or ‘girl’ things.”
I was proud to be able to have DQSH at my school and will definitely be planning another story hour for next year!”
—Alexis Hernandez, first grade teacher at PS 118, the Maurice Sendak Community School (Brooklyn)
https://www.dragqueenstoryhour.org/
If I were a little kid, those people would scare the bejeezus out of me.
(I was afraid of certain circus clowns when I was little, too.)