I think that's an excellent idea!
There are lots of meaningful and beautiful ways that you can enjoy Kwanzaa in your home. What a great tradition to start now with your daughter.
Just so you know, every public Kwanzaa ceremony I have attended has been a celebration of African American pride and an encouragement for us to stand together to overcome our struggles, rooted in the days of slavery. Meaning, there is the possibility that you may encounter speakers that may make you and your husband feel singled out, as my husband has in the past. I say that to you just to let you know what may occur, and in the hopes that you will go anyways, prepared. What a gift to your daughter to be exposed to a celebration that encourages her to develop strong values that will encourage her to think beyond herself, and care for the needs of others.
While created to promote African American unity, I think the basic principles of Kwanzaa are universal and, hopefully, the themes can be embraced by anyone. I took the following from the Kwanzaa website.
Umoja (Unity)
To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race.
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)
To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility)
To build and maintain our community together and make our brother's and sister's problems our problems and to solve them together.
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia (Purpose)
To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
Kuumba (Creativity)
To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
Imani (Faith)
To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
I hope you enjoy your time with your daughter.
What a thoughtful mom.