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You Can’t Celebrate That!

Name: You Can't Celebrate That!
SKU: 3600576
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by Nadia Jaboneta, edited by Ann Pelo and Margie Carter

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You Can’t Celebrate That! is an inspirational book that models self-reflection and self-awareness to understand our own racial and cultural biases as teachers, and consider ways to approach social justice issues with young children and families.

Overview

Find inspiration in this compelling story of an educator’s social justice journey as she partners with families to explore racial identity, religious celebrations, and racism in response to a biased comment by one child to another in her diverse preschool class.

“You Can’t Celebrate That! goes beyond anti-bias activities and reveals the critical thinking and process that goes into social justice education. Jaboneta models the self-work we all need to do as anti-bias educators – she is curious, reflective and takes risks as she engages the families and her colleagues into the dilemma.”

– Debbie LeeKeenan and John Nimmo, co-authors of Leading Anti-bias Early Childhood Programs: A Guide for Change

“A beautifully written teacher’s story about what it takes to provide children with the tools to act with empathy, respect, and fairness in the face of diversity.”

– Louise Derman Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards, co-authors, Anti-bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves

“Nadia approaches her teaching with a set of values as her steady friend and guidepost and is a model to all of us, showing how true humility, honesty and openness can build bridges with families and co-workers and provide fertile soil for anti-bias education to blossom.”

– Julie Bisson, Early Childhood Director and author of Celebrate! An Anti-Bias Guide to Including Holidays in Early Childhood Programs

Nadia Jaboneta

Nadia Jaboneta is a program coordinator and classroom teacher at Pacific Primary preschool in San Francisco, California. She has 20 years of experience in the Early Childhood Education field teaching young children, training teachers, consulting, and facilitating workshops on reflective practice, social justice, project work, sensory integration, and schema theory. Nadia is proud to have immigrant parents from Lima, Peru. It is because of their hard work, resilience, and support that she is who she is today.

Nadia is one of the first people in her family to graduate from college here in the United States. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from San Francisco State University where she concentrated on teacher research and the importance of capturing children’s voices, as well as to reflect on her own practice. She is the co-author of Children’s Lively Minds: Schema Theory Made Visible with Deb Curtis (St. Paul: Redleaf Press, 2019) as well as several articles in NAEYC’s Teaching Young Children magazine.