Today's Families - Aligned to Common Core

About this curriculum

Build understanding, empathy, and community—one family story at a time. Today’s Families is a comprehensive, cross‑curricular Grade 1 resource designed to help young learners explore the rich diversity of families in their classroom and beyond. Through hands‑on activities, literacy connections, oral language tasks, and creative art projects, students discover what makes families unique—and what brings them together. This resource supports teachers with ready‑to‑use lessons, rubrics, vocabulary lists, and engaging activities that make learning meaningful, inclusive, and fun. 🌍❤️ Students will gain an understanding of: the different family structures and the diversity and cultural differences found within families develop respect for others who come from different backgrounds than themselves accept and celebrate differences in their classroom society as well as large societies understand the roles and responsibilities of various family members learn how family traditions and activities work together to build a strong cultural and family identity that strengthens family relationships…