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TEACHING RESOURCES Charter of Rights by Rosemarie Lirette Level: Kindergarten Objectives: To help children - identify their rights and responsibilities in a classroom environment, identify their feelings, tastes, needs, etc., to participate in the making of a Charter of Rights and Responsibilities for their classroom Materials: Bristol Board, Markers Activity: 1. Ask the children what they like about kindergarten. What they like to do. Note their responses. Ask them what they don't like about kindergarten. Note these responses as well. What they like will probably be playing, having friends, learning, etc. What they don't like will be related to children hitting other children, being left out of play, pushing, not waiting their turn, not sharing, etc. The teacher may have to help the children identify some points or ideas. 2. The Rights will be what the children like about kindergarten. Explain to the children that in order to live harmoniously in our classroom, we must respect others by making sure we avoid doing what they don't like. These will be the responsibilities. Examples: for not pushing, we must wait our turn, we must have peaceful resolutions of conflicts instead of hitting or shoving, picking up our toys, etc. 3. On the Bristol board note: Charter Rights Responsibilities Put pictures or drawings under the right words to illustrate the rights and responsibilities. 4. Hang this Charter in the classroom so that children have access to it. When necessary, return to the charter, to resolve conflicts, identify problems, congratulate the children on a job well done, and so forth. Make sure to accentuate the positive more than the negative. Reference - Gouvernement du N.-B. (1990) Maternelle: programme d'education.
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