What’s Special About You? Teaching Children About Identity.

What’s Special About You? Teaching Children About Identity.

Written by Mel LaneMel Lane (she/her) is Head of Education at Pop’n’Olly. She has been a primary school teacher and teacher trainer for nearly 30 years and worked in schools on LGBT+ inclusion policies with thousands of children and school staff. Mel is a co- author of What Does LGBT+ Mean? (Pop’n’Olly, 2021).“I don’t know what’s special about me… I don’t have anything special about me,” a 5-year-old once told me. I’ll be honest, I was shocked. …