Gap-fill exercise
In this task, students practise expressing their ideas and feelings and learn to understand that everyone has the right to be heard. They can discuss situations in which they feel valued and important.
7.–9. grade
What is the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
In this activity, the main points of the Convention on the Rights of the Child are reviewed with the students. The key objective is to create an understanding of what the Convention is and why it is so important. The focus is especially on highlighting the four general principles of the Convention using a chart picture. Emphasize the responsibility of...
Kid dialogue
Kid Dialogue invites children and young people, as well as the adults working with them, to engage in a joint discussion about a more pleasant school day, leisure time, friendship, societal phenomena, the future – in other words, all the themes that are currently of interest to us!
Discussion: Child as a decision-maker
During the discussion, students should reflect on the daily life of children and young people in Finland from the point of view of an imaginary decision-maker who is a child, considering what kind of social changes they would like to see.
A news story of the future
The purpose of this task is to think about desirable futures in terms of school satisfaction among children and teenagers. Write a news story in which you describe factors that have contributed to improving school satisfaction among children and young people in Finland over the past five years.
Discussion: Try this – tips
This exercise is intended to help students when they are facing difficulties in learning new things. Let’s collect tips from the class on what to do in these situations.
Children’s Rights Quiz
In addition to children knowing their own special rights, it is important that every adult also knows what the Convention on the Rights of the Child is and what it entails. In this task, the children act as hosts while adults compete in a quiz about children’s rights.