PROVIDING A NON-SEXIST PLAY ENVIRONMENT

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PROVIDING A NON-SEXIST PLAY ENVIRONMENT

• Discourage boy and girl games
• Encourage all children to play with all toys
• Allow girls to get messy, dirty as well as boys
• Reward physical and skill development in both
• Hang pictures, posters and wall hangings of both
  traditional and non-traditional roles
• Allow and encourage all children to express
  emotions. Let girls be assertive and boy cry
• Be careful not to reinforce appearance, dress and
  styles
• Be careful about casting parts for dramas,
  costumes, paintings, puppet games, roles playing,
  leadership, etc.