INTRO: (Establish importance of first 3 years and connect it to sameness/differences.) Text: As librarians who work with children, it's important to know that we all learn so much during the first three years of life.

Text: We learn to sit up on our own. Image: Baby or toddler sitting up

Text: We learn to make noises. Image: Image of baby or toddler with open mouth or with a facial expression that implies sound.

Text: We learn to walk. Image: Image of baby or toddler walking.

Text: We learn to read. Image: Image of young child with a book.

Text: We are the same Image: Choose multiple pictures of young children engaged in similar activities.

Text: We are also different. Image: Pictures that show obvious difference(s) between children.

Text: We need different things. Image: Choose several photos of young children that illustrated how different their needs are. Ex: Learning difficulties, autism, down syndrome, deaf, blind?

Text: ALA Core Competencies supporting diversity. Text: Children need to read books that have people who look like them. Text: Children also need to read books about different people/cultures/places.

Text: Reiterate the importance of learning in the first 3 years of life. Text: Create a diverse collection of books at your library. Image(s): Share images of 4 or 5 books that promote diversity in some way. Ex: Todd Parr’s It’s Okay to Be Different.

Text: Meme = Nurture your library.®

Credits: Video created by Amy Stafford using Windows Movie Maker. Music: “Feel Good Acoustic Ukulele” by Akashic Records, via jamendo.com Books: Example = It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr (Little, Brown 2009). {Windows Movie Maker doesn’t allow Italics on just portions of text.} Images: Citations for each image.