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Kids Lunch – Who was Martin Luther King ?

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JDaniel had no idea who Martin Luther King was until we checked out some books from the library. I loved getting to share that he was a man of peace that wanted all people to be known not by what they looked like, but by who they were. I think all kids should be able to answer the question “Who was Martin Luther King ?”Kids Lunch - Who was Martin Luther King ?

It was too easy I told him after reading the books to look at someone and judge who they were by what they wore or the color of their skin or their bodily imperfections. Who was Martin Luther King? He was a man that wanted us to look deep inside people and get to know them for who they were.

During his time I told him, people were really mean to people they didn’t know just because they judge them base on color. JDaniel was surprised. He hasn’t been around people that say the horrible things that can be said about others yet. I hope that he will look back at who Martin Luther King was and try to be like him.

Making a Who was Martin Luther King? Lunch

I made a lunch and a snack with a peace theme to represent the peace that Martin Luther King talked about.  The lunch above featured a slice of bread with a tan dove place in white bread. It also includes turkey and cheese doves that can be placed on the sandwich or eaten separately. Finally, I placed a rainbow fruit salad in the upper left-hand corners compartment to represent the fact that our world is made of a people that are a rainbow of colors.

The outside of the bread from the dove in the lunch and the inside of the bread from the outside of the dove lunch were placed together to create this snack plate.  It has a fruit rainbow underneath the dove.  JDaniel inhaled the fruit and the brown sandwich thin. The Italian bread dove he told me tasted like play dough.  Ironically he ate the Italian bread and left the sandwich thin behind.
Kids Lunch - Who was Martin Luther King ?

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How are you teaching your children who Martin Luther King was?

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Comments

  1. What a wonderful lesson to teach him. It’s sweet how innocent he still is since he was surprised at how people could be mean.

  6. What a great way to incorporate the day at a child’s level! Very creative. You must be a wonderful parent!

  7. I love the sandwich in shape of a dove and what the rainbow fruit salad represents! What a great idea!

  14. What a wonderful lunch idea! It sounds like you did great telling him about Martin Luther King Jr. My children learned a lot at school last week and we had a number of discussions about him. They were very interested and excited to learn about him and the day and what it all means.

  20. This is an awesome way to explain MLK. Anna learned enough about him in school and said today during Inauguration ceremony, “Mama, Dr King’s dream came true. Look, the President is black!” Too funny that she didn’t notice it before.

  27. Very nice and very creative. Really inspiring me to do some creative meaningful lunches for my toddler as well! Thank you!

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