schools

1st December 2021
Let Toys Be Toys

Challenging stereotypes at school: Gender Equality Week

Teacher and Let Toys Be Toys campaigner Megan Perryman shares how her school took on stereotypes through a whole-school gender equality week.
27th February 2018
Do we need more female villains in books?

Lesson plans – gender bias in children’s books

Recent research found just one female ‘baddie’ in the top one hundred best selling picture books. These ready-to-use lesson plans for World Book Day look at […]
30th August 2017
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Let Toys Be Toys in nursery and pre-school

Our new resource for parents and workers in early years settings offers a range of ways to challenge stereotypes with younger children. We’ve created a printable […]
16th August 2017

No more boys and girls? Really?

We’re looking forward to tonight’s BBC2 documentary ‘No more boys and girls’. Here’s why we wish they’d picked another title.
12th April 2017

Being ManKind: men and boys in the 21st century

Being ManKind wants to reach children and young adults with positive male role models, using their books, lesson plans and workshops. Editor Joe Byrde tells Let Toys […]
7th October 2016
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Setting the children free: parenting without stereotypes

When Rebecca Asher was researching her book Man Up, she found one message consistently came through loud and clear: the commonalities between boys and girls far outweigh […]
5th September 2016
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Boys and girls in the classroom: @genderclassroom project

Children come to school to learn – what do they pick up in school about gender? Newly qualified teacher @genderclassroom tells us about their first year […]
1st June 2015

Recruiting – teacher volunteers

Let Toys Be Toys is seeking qualified teachers to volunteer to help build up our schools resources. Could you help us?
8th February 2015

‘What did he invent?’

This homework project, set for a 6 year old in a UK school, doesn’t even allow the possibility that an inventor might be a woman. Our […]
12th September 2014
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Fair Foundations – fair play in the classroom

Laura Davies of Welsh organisation Chwarae Teg (Fair Play) explains the importance of their work with schools to promote gender equality in the classroom. “A father […]
1st September 2014
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Let Toys Be Toys launches resources for schools

As a new term starts, Let Toys Be Toys are launching resources for teachers who want to challenge gender stereotypes in the classroom. Children are keen […]