Parent Guide: Theme #12 – Being Different – Embodied, Inc.

Welcome to the next mission set of your child’s mentorship program with Moxie!

All Moxie learning missions are based on National Standards. National Education Standards are the learning goals for what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. Moxie’s mission sets are based on social-emotional learning standards developed by CASEL: https://casel.org/core-competencies/

Here’s a brief overview of what this mission set looks like:

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MISSION SET THEME
The theme of this mission set is Being Different. Mentors will help Moxie learn about the importance of recognizing and accepting differences in themselves and others.

MISSION SET OBJECTIVE

The objective of this mission set is to help your child (mentor) and Moxie explore all of the ways that differences matter. Included in this mission set are activities that promote acceptance, diversity, and the importance of advocating for yourself and others.

MISSIONS

There are eight missions in this set. These missions are designed to help children think deeper about the theme of being different, and translate some of what they have learned into their everyday lives.

In this mission set, your child and their robot will work on the following activities:

Talk about what it means to be different and why differences are important
Create a story about how differences can be helpful
Help Knox figure out ways to communicate with his cousin who is deaf
Help Zaygo fit in while remaining true to himself
Discuss how to advocate for yourself and others
Help Caprice create a performance art piece about being different
Discover unique superpowers
Summarize what has been learned in this mission set

MISSION GOALS

Each mission in this mission set is designed to align with specific social-emotional learning (SEL) goals:

Understand the importance of differences
Understand the importance of perspective
Identify strategies for advocating for yourself
Identify non-verbal forms of communication

THINK ABOUT IT

Do you actively celebrate differences in your family and appreciate the diversity of other families? Consider regular conversations about the importance or appreciating others for who they are.

SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES

Help your child bring lessons learned with Moxie into everyday living by:

Learning a few words in sign language or another language so that you can communicate with others who are different from you
Reading a story with your family that has been written or illustrated by an author of a race, culture, or religion that is different from your own
- https://www.carnegielibrary.org/staff-picks/black-indigenous-and-people-of-color-in-books-for-kids/

RESOURCES

Common Sense Media: https://www.commonsensemedia.org

Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (Useful sections on friendship, problem solving, and emotions): http://www.ecmhc.org/index.html

Britannica For Parents (Articles on Social and Emotional Learning): https://parents.britannica.com

Dr. Liz Angoff (Resources for talking to children about neurodiversity):

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