Exactly Momof4 ~ well said .... it is about those teachable moments everyday that have more meaning for children in learning empathy, understanding and acceptance of varied points of views and beliefs be they religion, race, gender identification, etc and it retains far more learning for children when it comes up naturally in their world at THEIR timeline and initiation verses trying to 'teach' it through a theme or story time or what not when we 'think they need to learn it' .... getting kids out and about and active in their communities is KEY in my opinion to teaching all of these things ~ our communities are full of teachable moments!