Civic Literacies: Who Said Young Learners Cannot Have Big Discussions? Not Us.

Kyanna Samuel; Jennipher Frazier

doi:10.58680/la20251024227

ISSN: 0360-9170
E-ISSN: 1943-2402

Civic Literacies: Who Said Young Learners Cannot Have Big Discussions? Not Us.
Author(s): Kyanna Samuel and Jennipher Frazier
Source: Language Arts, Volume 102, Issue 4, Mar 2025, p. 311 - 314
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58680/la20251024227
- Published online: 01 Mar 2025

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In this article, kindergarten teacher Kyanna Samuel and literacy coach Jennipher Frazier share how kindergarten students are not too young to have “big discussions” around topics such as segregation, discrimination, justice, and advocacy.

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Civic Literacies: Who Said Young Learners Cannot Have Big Discussions? Not Us.

Language Arts 102, 311 (2025); https://doi.org/10.58680/la20251024227

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