When working with preschoolers, it’s hard to begin explaining civil rights to children this young. Children do however learn fairness from a young age, and that is the foundation Dr. Martin Luther King was trying to build. According to an article by Discovery Point, fairness is where you begin with younger children. Webster’s describes fairness as “fair or impartial treatment: lack of favoritism toward one side or another.” Below are some ways you can begin instilling the value of fairness within your young child.

• Teach Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover: Yes, we all look different. Some have blonde hair, dark hair, male, female, short, tall, different skin colors, and cultures, but Dr. King taught us that we don’t see a person just by what’s on the outside,
  we have to understand the inside to see the person’s kindness. According to an article by Today a teacher named Marni Shapiro, teaches her class that the world is best when running on kindness and that means not judging others by their
  “wrapping paper.” According to Ms. Shapiro, another person’s “wrapping paper,” is their physical or everything that is seen on the outside of someone’s body. Martin Luther King Jr. was able to see behind the wrapping paper, it’s important
  to look beyond and get to know the person’s personality by talking with them. 
• Peace Flower: According to Discovery Point this is a fun and easy craft to help a child see the beauty in diversity. To make a peace flower, you want to cut handprints out of construction paper. The construction paper used will be colors that symbolize skin tones. After you have your handprints cut out you want to arrange them in a way that makes a beautiful flower. The link for the step-by-step directions is below for your convenience.