Remembrance Day is a tricky topic that can be difficult to broach with young children. Throughout my 20 years working in early childhood education, I’ve been in centers where worksheet poppies were completed by children, but conversation about what and why never took place, because ‘They won’t understand.” And at other times I’ve seen children scared and brought to tears with way too many details. How do you help children develop an understanding of this very important day, in a way that’s developmentally appropriate and within their realm of proximity?
I rely heavily on picture books (what a shocker!) to guide us through.
This year the conversation of Remembrance Day came up in my full day kindergarten class when a 4 year-old girl said, “Why do you have a red flower on your coat? My mommy has one too.”
We opened the conversation up to the class…
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Children's Author/ Speaker, Lana Button 