Maharaja Agarsain Public School, Ashok Vihar New Delhi INDIA
“THY NEED IS GREATER THAN MINE” The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help the needy.As a part of CHILDREN`S DAY AROUND THE WORLD PROJECT the students of classes 1 and 2 visited an orphanage- MINDA BAL GRAM, Alipur on 24th November2013. They shared self-prepared flags of different countries, clothes, variety of gift items and sweets with the underprivileged children and spent time with them at the orphanage. They presented group song We Are The World We Are The Children and showed a dance performance to them.The purpose was to share joy and happiness with those children.
Discuss Children's Day with students: - Talk about the meaning of Children's Day and why we celebrate it. - Display a world map in the classroom and help students label the countries that celebrate Children's Day. - Discuss how every one is special and brainstorm activities they'd like to do on that day. (MAKE IT HAPPEN)
Children's Day in Thailand falls every 2nd Saturday in January no matter what date it falls. Government offices and different organizations conduct different activities for the children on this day. The Prime Minister's office is opened and allows children to experience sitting on the Prime Minister's chair and act like a real minister.Children will be interviewed how they feel sitting on the prime minister's chair. Military bases are opened also to let children try to be on a plane and let them survey the inside of it. Most parents bring their children to different places like zoo, parks and shopping malls. School conducts simple activities for their pupils and students a day before the real Children's Day.
- Students compare how different schools in different countries celebrate Children's Day and discuss similarities and differences. - Discuss the children's rights. Read the convention on the rights of the child together. Students may draw or write about their rights. "THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD"