workshops & keynotes

abolitionist teaching in the early years

In this workshop, Ki illuminates the ways the prison industrial complex manifests in early childhood and takes participants on an exploration of how we can disrupt the PIC through a comprehensive and interactive journey into Woke Kindergarten’s abolitionist early learning pedagogy. Participants can expect to leave with an introductory understanding of abolitionist teaching in practice, how to use Woke Kindergarten’s resources as healing-centered engagement in practice and a more thorough understanding of abolitionist politic, the pursuit of liberation and ultimately what that means—and how we show up—for our very youngest Black and brown children and their families. This workshop uses an interactive guide. [3 hours]

Protecting Joy:
The Art of Critical Conversations

This workshop introduces participants to Woke Kindergarten’s framework for engaging in critical conversations with young children & equips them with the tools and insights they need to use Woke Kindergarten’s resources as anchors in these conversations. Participants will dive deep into where our hesitation to have these conversations comes from, how we can enter them through a healing-centered, humanity affirming lens, and how understanding children as self-determined participants in co-creating the futures they deserve empowers us to feel equipped in moving through hard truths with our kids. [2 hours]

It’s Lit! Early Literacy Through the Woke Kindergarten Lens

This workshop introduces participants to the pedagogy behind 60 Second Texts and how Woke Kindergarten uses “life-affirming” lenses to create literary anchors for critical conversations. 60 Second Texts are “big concepts for little people in 60 seconds”. They are truthful, abolition focused, and always life-affirming. Participants will interact with our 60 second text framework and then join breakout rooms to lesson plan for a 60 Second Text of their choice. This workshop comes with Woke Kindergarten’s 60 Second Text Lesson Plan, and participants will leave with a tangible plan that they can implement in their classrooms. [2 hours]

Woke Read Alouds:
Making Life Affirming Connections to Our World

This workshop examines the historical nature of reading aloud as an act of resistance and takes participants through an experiential exploration of how to approach and plan read alouds through an abolitionist lens by making authentic connections and creating life-affirming experiences for children who are often excluded from seeing themselves & their lived experiences in the books that we read. [2-3 hours]

Reading with ya Babies:
Literacy in the Early Years

This workshop explores early literacy through an abolitionist lens specifically in the infant and toddler years. This workshop is primarily information-based and follows a “truth, question, offering” structure. It’s meant for parents, caregivers and early childhood educators who often do not have time for long workshops and who are interested in learning more about how to foster a love of reading and support children’s early literacy skills in infancy and toddlerhood. [1 hour]

Wondering Towards an Abolitionist Future

Wondering Towards an Abolitionist Future and Wondering Towards an Abolitionist Future: Climate Injustice are both AVAILABLE! THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR KIDS!

DESCRIPTION: These workshops are based on Woke Kindergarten’s Woke Wonderings framework. COMING SOON. [45 MINS-1 HOUR]

AVAILABLE!
DESCRIPTION coming soon.