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I did a presentation for my DD's kindie class after she was adopted at age 6. I started my reading a book called My New Family (I think)...if you are interested PM me and I promise I'll dig through and find it! It talks about all different types of families and especially touches on intl. adoption. I told them a little about the correct "language" to use in adoption - likening the word "real" to the difference between humans and robots. I explained that adoptive families are very real families. We talked about what a "real" family does and of course, in kindie, not a single one mentioned genetics in any way - so I could point out that our family does those things as well (some were "eat dinner together", "help me when I'm sick").
I had discussed with DD prior, what she would be ok with sharing (the book mentions orphanages) and what she wouldn't. We had a little Q&A and I let her answer some that were simple while I took the deeper ones. If they were too personal, we simply said "there are so many things in DD's story that we think are special and some of those are just for us to know".
It worked well and I did it with DS's class as well (it was 3rd grade)...also worked there!
Kids were just very curious. We took a map and showed where Russia is and talked about the differences between there and here. You may have some different questions due to the fact that your DD is a different "color" than you...so be prepared up front for how you'll answer that to a young kiddo!
Good luck - I was glad I did it and I could tell it made DD (and DS) feel proud of their lives for that time!
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