What activity to do with children to help them understand the UN Convention?

Question

I have an observation looming with my NVQ in childcare and was just wondering if anyone knew what kind of activity to do with a child about 3-4 years to help them understand some of the UN Conventions.

Answer 1

That's a hard one with children who are so young. Concentrate on the rights of children. The basic rights are fairly simple - e.g. the right to food, education etc so you could make a visual aid for each right and get the children to talk about them.  You could finish this by discussing with the children which order to put them in and hopefully end up with a pictorial version of Children's human rights.   At this stage it would have to be very simple and related to what the children already know.   The children could cut out pictures and stick them on or make a piece of art or a recording which shows what they have learned from the above.   The secret is to make it as simple as possible!   Good luck

Answer 2

Find an item or event that is full of fail, and expose them to that.

Answer 3

It surely doesn't mean that children have to understand the UN convention, that is way outside their experience. It must mean that you should show understanding and give regard to it in your practice.

So, look it up and find the parts that are relevant and show basically that you work respecting children's human rights. For example, that you base your planning on the needs and interests of the individual child, that you are aware of Child Protection, that you understand the hierarchy of children's needs (Maslow 1948) and that you have an inclusive practice regardless of children's race, religion, ability, gender and class. That should cover it - hard to do it through activity, more through planning and policies. Good luck :-)

Answer 4

Why in the world would they care, or be the least little bit interested? They are way too young to understand the role of government, much less the UN. Teach them to be respectful and nice to their classmates, take turns, share and have some empathy when a classmate has a problem. Let them help establish the rules of the room. Encourage them to discuss it when they have a problem with a classmate, and to do so peacefully. If you do all that well you'll be giving them skills they will use the rest of their lives, not filling their heads full of useless information.

Answer 5

suck my finger

Answer 6

Check what your assignment is again, as I think you may have misinterpreted it. Do you perhaps have to demonstrate that you understand it in a practical way?

Answer 7

Pass out gram crackers