Schools : World Children's Day : A Better Future for Every Child ! Resources

World Children's Day

credits: UN

https://www.facebook.com/unitednations/

World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children's Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.

Since 1990, World Children's Day also marks the anniversary of the date that the UN General Assembly adopted both the Declaration and the Convention on children's rights.

credits: UNICEF

https://www.unicef.org/world-childrens-day

Mothers and fathers, teachers, nurses and doctors, government leaders and civil society activists, religious and community elders, corporate moguls and media professionals, as well as young people and children themselves, can play an important part in making World Children's Day relevant for their societies, communities and nations.

World Children's Day offers each of us an inspirational entry-point to advocate, promote and celebrate children's rights, translating into dialogues and actions that will build a better world for children.

https://the21stcenturyiconproject.com/

Join the Youth Advocating for Child Rights

Since COVID-19, the world has seen record breaking numbers of children out of school - more than 1.3 billion students under 18 were kept from going to school due to global lockdowns.

But education is not just about learning, it's about giving hope, lifting children out of poverty and providing them a chance for life in dignity and a better future. No matter what gender, religion or background, all children deserve the right to go to school and it is our shared responsibility to make it

@UNICEF

This World Children’s Day, it’s more important than ever that the leaders listen to their ideas and demands.

Every child deserves to be safe, healthy and supported, with a chance to learn and choose the future they deserve.

Ruairí Holohan is a 16-years youth activist from Ireland

@UNICEF

• Kids are reimagining a better world. What will you do?

"We invite you to meet this group of UNICEF Youth Advocates and other young champions who are leading with new and creative solutions to the world’s big problems and Join our TikTok challenge!"

You can play your part too!

• Join Unicef TikTok Challenge.

Join UNICEF #OlderSelfTalk TikTok activation! How?

• Create a video that focuses on the positive impact of youth advocacy and share it on your own TikTok account or Instagram Reels using the hashtags #OlderSelfTalk and #WorldChildrensDay, and don't forget to tag @UNICEF in your caption. 

• You can see an example of the ‘Talking to my 50-year-old self’ format below, and create your own version to celebrate young people taking action and to encourage inter-generational discussions around global challenges like climate change, the access to quality education, vaccine equity or mental health.

https://www.unicef.org/

Resources:

• What's happening 

https://www.unicef.org/world-childrens-day#wcd-feed

• For young children

https://www.unicef.org/world-childrens-day#young-children

Read the child-friendly version of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Explore resources for parents and teacher on child rights.  

• For teens

https://www.unicef.org/world-childrens-day#teens

OlderSelfTalk

What would you ask your older self? This #WorldChildrensDay join young people on #OlderSelfTalk for the chance to be featured by UNICEF. 

Gitanjali Rao is a 16-year-old scientist promoter of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics from the United States.

https://www.voicesofyouth.org/

Every child and teen have the right to a safe, healthy, peaceful childhood and adolescence to develop to their full potential.

On the 20 November World Children's Day and every day, join UNICEF in speaking up for children's rights!

On World Children Day and every day, we're joining UNICEF in celebrating the universal rights of every child to reach their dreams, raise their voice and showcase their talent to the world.

G-Souto

20.11.2021

update 21.11.2025

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September in Review & International Day of the Girl Child : My Voice, Our Equal Future !

 

International Day of the Girl

credits: via The Indian Express

The International Day of the Girl Child focuses attention on the need to address the challenges girls face and to promote girls’ empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights.

Girls worldwide are demanding a life free from gender-based violence, access to health, skills, recognition and investment as leaders of social change.

Progress for adolescent girls has not kept pace with the realities they face today, and COVID-19 has reinforced many of these gaps. 

credits: UNESCO

https://www.facebook.com/unesco

This year, under the theme, My Voice, Our Equal Future, let’s seize the opportunity to be inspired by what adolescent girls see as the change they want, the solutions- big and small- they are leading and demanding across the globe.

In 2020, we commemorate 25 years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

In the past 25 years, 180 million more girls have enrolled in primary and secondary education! But, no country has yet achieved gender equality.

Generation Equality was also launched in early 2020 as a multi-year, multi-partner campaign and movement for bold action on gender equality. 

Today’s more than 1.1 billion girls are poised to take on the future. Every day, girls are breaking boundaries and barriers, tackling issues like child marriage, education inequality, violence, climate justice, and inequitable access to healthcare. Girls are proving they are unstoppable.

credits: UN

https://www.un.org/en/

A clear narrative and actions related to the needs and opportunities of adolescent girls and their solutions is central to the Generation Equality mission.

As adolescent girls worldwide assert their power as change-makers, International Day of the Girl 2020 will focus on their demands to:

• Live free from gender-based violence, harmful practices, and HIV and AIDS ;
• Learn new skills towards the futures they choose ;
• Lead as a generation of activists accelerating social change.

credits: UNESCO

https://www.facebook.com/unesco

Education:

"3/4 of all primary-age children who may never set foot in school are girls. And the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to further halt the fragile progress on #GenerationEquality."

Students must understand how lucky they are because they live in countries where school education is fundamental.

So, invite them to get involved on the International Day of the Girl 2020.

Ways to involve students:

• Sharing stories of inspiring adolescent girls or girl-led organizations who are developing innovative solutions or leading efforts towards positive social change, including gender equality, in their communities and countries. Let’s amplify their leadership, actions and impact to inspire others.  

• Participating in a youth-led digital activation launching on International Day of the Girl. Young people across the world are developing a digital activism campaign, aiming to raise the diversity of girls’ voices and their vision for a reimagined future.  

And now, time to the review of the most popular posts of September.

Here are the most popular posts of the last month:

European Day of Languages : Celebrate at school or at home ! Resources & activities

Literature : Joan Aiken, the writer of supernatural thrillers and charmingly quirky children’s novels.

Women in science & Youth Skills Day ! Yes ! Day of Friendship !

Hoping you're doing well at school. Your students need you! They could understand how crucial is education during lockdown. And to be at school to learn face-to-face. Some of them were completely alone with no support to learn.

Help those students to believe in their abilities.

Perhaps you returned to the school but in some classes you must teach remotely because there is a case or two of infected COVID-29.

It's important to talk with all your students and tell them the social distance is essential, inside and outside school! And waring the masks.

Education, hope and resilience! The three most important words to share! It's a difficult time to all of us.

via Google Images Archive

"We can and must be the generation to end extreme poverty, defeat injustice and inequality – and end the climate crisis."

G-Souto

26.06.2020

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Education : Intl Yoga Day : Children's books : Yoga for well-being !

International Yoga Day

credits: courtesy of UNSRC and E. Wolff./ UN

https://www.un.org/en/observances/yoga-day

“Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.”

B. K. S. Iyengar

On 21 June, we celebrate the International Yoga Day, the tradition inscribed in 2016 on UNESCO's Intangible Heritage List.

Recognizing its universal appeal, on 11 December 2014, the United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga.

Yoga-sutras 196 aphorisms that constitute the foundational text of Ashtanga yoga (The eight limb path of yoga) 

written some 2200 years ago by Indian Sage Patanjali

credits: Shri Nirmal Chander Dandriyal
© Sangeet Natak Akademi, India, 2015

https://ich.unesco.org/

The International Day of Yoga aims to raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of practicing yoga.

Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. The word ‘yoga’ derives from Sanskrit and means to join or to unite, symbolizing the union of body and consciousness.

Today it is practiced in various forms around the world and continues to grow in popularity.

Theme:

"Yoga for Health. Yoga for Well-being."

While the social distancing measures adopted by countries to fight the COVID-19 pandemic have shut down yoga studios and other communal spaces, yoga practitioners have turned to home practice and online yoga resources.

Kids hold their position during a yoga class/ AP

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With schools closed and summer break activities cancelled, parents may find it challenging to keep their children physically active. Yoga can help. UNICEF says kids can practice many yoga poses without any risk and get the same benefits that adults do. These benefits include increased flexibility and fitness, mindfulness and relaxation.

via Yoga Journal

https://www.yogajournal.com/

Education:

You might be wondering whether it’s safe or even beneficial for your kids to practice yoga. It’s both! Kids can practice many yoga poses without any risk and get the same benefits that adults do. 

These benefits include: increased flexibility and fitness, mindfulness and relaxation.

Yoga is a great form of exercise for people who are looking to stay in shape with a low-impact activity. Of course, not all yoga poses are ideal for children. Like adults, they need to master the basics before moving on to more advanced stretches. 

Books:

So here two lovely books to teach your kids to practice yoga at home. The first one I Am Yoga in English, and two Zen Un Jeu d'Enfant in French.

I Am Yoga

Susan Verde

illustrations : Peter H. Reynolds

https://www.susanverde.com/

"An eagle soaring among the clouds, a star twinkling in the night sky, a camel in the desert, or a boat sailing across the sea . . . Yoga has the power of transformation. Not only does it strengthen bodies and calm minds, but with a little imagination, it can show us that anything is possible..."

I Am Yoga

Susan Verde

illustrations : Peter H. Reynolds

https://www.susanverde.com/

Anything is possible with a dose of imagination. Tree Pose can stretch you above the clouds into the limitless sky. Star Pose can set you asparkle. Boat Pose might float you all the way across the sea. And Camel Pose could expand your loving heart enough to hug the whole wide world.

I Am Yoga

Susan Verde

illustrations : Peter H. Reynolds

https://www.susanverde.com/

I Am Yoga encourages children to explore the world of Yoga and make room in their hearts for the world beyond it.

New York Times bestselling illustrator Peter H. Reynolds teams up with author and certified Yoga instructor Susan Verde in this book about creativity and the power of self-expression.

Zen, un jeu d'enfant 

ÉlodieGaramond & Lise Billien (tome 1 & 2)

illustrations: Soledad Bravi

https://www.amazon.fr/

Elodie Garamond et Lise Bilien partagent leurs connaissances du Yoga, du Qi- Gong, du Shiatsu et de la méditation dans ces deux excellents livres disponibles au format poche : Zen, un jeu d’enfant, illustrations Soledad Bravi.

L'envie de partager le yoga comme un art de vivre, Élodie Garamond et Lise Bilien interprètent avec humour, créativité et pédagogie les plus belles postures et techniques de relaxation de cette pratique ancestrale, aujourd'hui reconnue pour ses innombrables vertus sur les enfants, tant sur le plan physique et physiologique que mental.

Zen, un jeu d'enfant ÉlodieGaramond & Lise Billien (tome 1), 2018

illustrations: Soledad Bravi

J'ai lu (éditions livre de poche

https://livre.fnac.com/

Ce livre d'éveil au yoga et à la relaxation propose plusieurs séances, calmes ou toniques, adaptées à chaque âge et toujours ludiques! 

Chacune est accompagnée des postures illustrées par la talentueuse Soledad Bravi et de nombreux trucs et astuces. 

Le yoga, un jeu d'enfant

Élodie Garamond & Lise Billien

illustrations: Soledad Bravi

https://editions.flammarion.com/

Avec une approche très ludique axée sur l'imitation des animaux, les auteurs Elodie Garamond et Lise Billien proposent aux parents de partager des séances de yoga avec leurs enfants en fonction du moment de la journée, quand ils ont besoin de se calmer, ou au contraire de se défouler, pour qu'ils « s'enracinent » ou s'ouvrent aux autres.

Le yoga, un jeu d'enfant (6 à 11 ans)

Élodie Garamond & Lise Billien

illustration: Soledad Bravi

https://livre.fnac.com/

Ces moments de communication, verbale ou pas, permettront d'avoir un vrai temps d'échange, d'écoute et de complicité pour un développement harmonieux de l'enfant.

Etl les calmer du stress du confinement à cause de la pandemie du coronavirus. Ces livres peuvent être une bonne solution pour calmer les petits enfants un peu électriques sans aller à l'école ou collège à cause de la pandémie.

Et même, après la réouverture de écoles, en plein air, faire do yoga avec vos élèves.

Zen, un jeu d'enfant

ÉlodieGaramond & Lise Billien

illustrations: Soledad Bravi

https://editions.flammarion.com/

Cela joue aussi pour les garçons un peu chahuteurs et bondissants. Mais les bienfaits sont encore bien plus larges et intéressants. 

Des livres également riches de la multitude de «trucs & astuces» de mamans actives et super healthy, curieuses et dynamiques, que vous aimerez partager en famille de la première à la dernière page... pour le bonheur de tous.

Le volume 2 contient un CD & une affiche.

On peut aussi le feuilleter en ligne

via KidsStopPress

Resources UNICEF : Yoga Stretches & Pose Kids

A list of ten yoga poses that are safe and easy to get your children started. These poses are not in a particular sequence, but we’ve indicated the stretches you should do together, at the beginning and end of the practice. You can choose a few of these poses to master or cycle through them all, spending a minute or two on each. In any case, your child should never push themselves or do anything that hurts. It may even be advisable to consult a specialist before having a child take on a new exercise routine.

Namaste !

G-Souto

21.06.2020

update:21.06.2021

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