Gender Expansive Practices for Early Years Educators

This practical guide gives educators the tools needed to create gender expansive early years spaces. Based on research exploring gender diversity, including nonbinary gender, it features learning experiences and lesson plans that have been implemented and refined in multiple settings. Author Lizzie Maughan addresses the three main areas of gender expansive practices: what educators can do to reflect on their own experiences and understandings of gender, what educators can do to their physical environment, and what educators can do with children to learn about and explore gender diversity. The book guides readers on a gender expansive journey to explore their own experience of and assumptions about gender, to critically consider classrooms and resources with a gender lens, and to follow affordable, accessible lesson plans to investigate gender diversity with young children. Whether you’re an individual early years educator or part of a team of educators engaging in a community of practice, this essential resource provides practical information to give you the confidence to create gender inclusive learning environments.