By Tanya Skripko | leader
The 3-rd of December is considered to be the International Day of People with Disabilities. Many classes in our school hosted various events related to the date.
During our traditional lesson themed “We are different – We are together,” the first-graders discussed what they all have in common and how they all differ. The main idea was - we need each other with all our differences.
On their “Friendship Lesson,” the fifth-graders were discussing topics related to friendship: What friendship is to them? What defines it? What are the characteristics of a real friend? Then, kids were split into teams and role-played various scenarios, discussing what a real friend would do in this or that situation.
To have a memory of this day last longer kids all together made a paper daisy – each petal for one real friend’s quality.
The date-related lessons were held in the 6-th and 2-nd grades. The discussed questions were: Who are persons with disabilities? Do they differ from you? What do we have in common? How can we help each other? The discussion mentioned examples of celebrities with various disabilities: musicians, artists, paralympic athletes.
As usual, there were a lot of practical activities. At first, kids watched videos and animations related to the subject. Then each of them had a chance to try on himself, what a disability means. With thick gloves on their hands they tried to tie bootlace, staff a pencil case or write something. They tried to speak with a large candy in the mouth and experienced how it feels when no one understands you. They tried to put on a shirt using only one hand and to write with their eyes closed.
Afterwards the 2-graders created “Tree of Help” by outlining their hands, cutting out and writing on them, how they can help others.
And the 6-graders made drawings, depicting people helping persons with disabilities.
One more step towards. One more barrier between typical and special kids is broken. We keep wondering, why these lessons are so popular. Kids love them - always asking us to come again!
Thank you for helping. You are contributing to a better world.
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