CHCFC504A LA18

[Brith McLaren]

I am a bit stuck on how to answer this question.
Do I explain how the children see the activities I put out as just girls or boys area?
I am not sure how to word it!

Hope someone can can give a bit of help, thanks B

[Lorina]

I think you are referring to "gender bias", Like when you set up block area with cars girls it may prohibit girls from playing there. Likewise, when setting up home corner with dolls, boys may not want to play... So to overcome this you could talk about the different roles girls and boys have in the community. For example: dads help look after babies just like mums and mums know how to build things like dads. If you can find a few images on each gender in different roles then you could add it to the areas to encourage boys and girls to play. The following information may help as well:
Why Does GEnder Matter

Hope this helps,

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L.A

[Brith McLaren]

Thank you L.A this was very helpful, the article is very good and gives a good insight to the gender bias. Thanx again. B