Our teachers and administration embarked on a year of examining what gender identity means to us as adults, and in what ways we could explore the concept of gender with the preschoolers we teach. We worked with a consultant over the year to understand our own biases and to learn more about the topic. Inspired by our conversations with the consultant and the Redraw the Balance Video (inspiringthefuture.org/redraw-the-balance/) we decided we could add a powerful teaching moment to our curriculum by recreating the Kent, England, study for our age group. The organization Inspiring the Future, which created the video, states, “One of the greatest demands from primary schools is to help broaden the aspirations and interests of children about jobs and careers. As research shows, gender stereotypes are developed at a very young age. With the support of Mullen Low, in 2016 we released a short film exploring this. In only three months, Redraw the Balance achieved 25 million views” (Redraw the Balance, 2016).

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