Say hello
to Ella!
A bold, expert friend makin, hotdog loving (ketchup only) 4 year-old filled with black girl magic! When Ella and your kiddo head out on an adventure together you can be confident that your little one will learn compassion, empathy, respect, curiosity, and imagination to conversations about race, gender identity, fear, love, and more. Why is that important? Well, we are all different and even 4-year old Ella recognizes these differences and celebrates them with the goal of inclusion because we all belong!
“Music can be magical. Sometimes when I feel sad or scared, I can sing a song and it makes me feel brave! That first night in our new place, when I was scared your Granky taught me a song that made me feel safe. It was like a shield from all the things in the dark. I still sing it to myself when I am scared.”
Systemic racism and unconscious biases
can affect early childhood development.
You know how after one episode of that one questionably bald whinny kid, and you have to keep redirecting and challenging the whine in your own home? Well that’s because kids absorb what they watch faster than a sponge. That is why it’s important for kids to watch programs that specifically speak to children that don’t fit into the model of the White American ideal. These types of programs can lead to a lot of identity-based trauma at an early age. Ella and her friends provide a platform for all children to be seen and heard and loved.
