Young Hearts Open Minds™ is partnering with the instructional design firm Six Red Marbles (www.sixredmarbles.com) to develop the curricular content and delivery methods of the program. A central element of the program will be 10 learning modules, each of which will provide both tailored content and learning activities designed to deliver the Young Hearts Open Minds™ program in preschool and childcare settings.
Listed below are the names of each individual module.
Each module includes:
- Specific learning objectives
- Opportunities to reflect on one’s own experiences and apply those experiences to one’s own teaching and setting
- Opportunities to interact with others as part of the overall learning experience
- Specific activities designed to deepen one’s understanding in the topics being covered
- Suggestions as to how best to continue one’s own personal and professional journey
Suggestions are also provided regarding how best to integrate the Young Hearts Open Minds™ program into your current instructional processes, how to establish a community within your own setting to help ensure the sharing of questions and ideas among your peers, and how to create your own short-term and long-term action plans as part of your commitment to help prevent the development of overt and covert racism in very young children.
The Young Hearts Open Minds™ program will be delivered through a variety of media, including online learning, print material, video clips, Zoom sessions, written exercises and activities, and in-person discussions.