Customers are our most valuable asset at Diversity Kids. We recognize that building a long-term business relationship with you depends a great deal on trust. This trust begins with our commitment to respecting as well as protecting your privacy.
We've structured our web sites so that, in general, you can visit Diversity Kids on the Web without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information. Once you choose to provide us personally identifiable information (name, address, e-mail address, phone number, etc.) you can be assured that it will only be used to support your customer relationship with Diversity Kids.
Diversity Kids is an environment where we enjoy what we do.
In our Playground, you'll find things we've collected to share with everyone:
Hopefully, you'll find something here you find fun as well.
Mahvash Vakili, President of Diversity Kids
A vision... for every parent to be able to explain why each doll is fashioned the way it is... and to take the time to talk with their kids about how we all fit in and how each of us helps define what is great about America.
A rude driver with an obnoxious bumper sticker helped motivate Mahvash to act on her long-time dream to help children and adults understand the depth and breadth of American diversity. Her hope is that children learn and accept all of the differences that make each person unique -- their cultural heritage, geographic roots, or physical differences. We allow a bit of imperfection on our dolls to give the message to the children that no one is perfect. Because being American is a way of living, not a way of looking.
News
Diveristy Kids in the press, an article from the 'Sunnyvale Sun.'
Diveristy Kids is a proud sponsor of Make a Differece Day!
THE EARTH
If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following. There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59% of the world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer
When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for both acceptance, understanding and education become glaringly apparent.
Philip M. Harter, MD, FACEP Stanford University, School of Medicine
California Kindergarten Conference
Another golden opportunity to visit with DIversity Kids awaits you at the California Kindergarten Conference January 16th through 18th, 2004 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
This weekend provides you with a large selection of excellent workshops and a chance to network with dedicated kindergarten teachers not only from within our state but from other states as well. Something magical happens when 2000 plus kindergarten teachers get together for a weekend of professional development and networking.
The Diversity Education Program, in collaboration with the Staff Development and Professional Services Office (SDPS), offers a Diversity Education Series.
Since 1986, California Tomorrow has created more than 20 products noted for their thoughtful analysis, accessible language and humanization of some of the most divisive issues facing our society.
When you need to find that special piece or collection of ethnic or cultural music, this is a great place to start. We met "Mama Bear" at the 2004 California Kindergarten Association conferenence and her knowledge and extensive CD catalog will make a great resource for all of us interested in global music.
Tout About Toys is known for providing personal and professional service, interactive school supplies, great manipulative toys and games, and a full line of furniture and equipment to educators, schools and families for over fifteen years. They take great pride in choosing the very best in early childhood and school age materials- many of which are a challenge to find.
They offer educators, schools, and families a complete and unique line of learning materials for infant/toddler, preschool, school-age children! Diversity Kids coming soon!!
Online or at their store in Los Altos, CA., Linden Tree delights in helping customers choose just the right book or gift. Their goal is to help children find the joy of reading and encourage children to be life-long readers. It makes their day complete knowing they have put the right book in the hands of a child! Diversity Kids could not agree more!
