Global Citizenship
Kids will learn that they belong to a larger world community, composed of people who come from different countries and cultures – with different ways of living and communicating. They will begin to recognize that their actions affect others around the world, and others’ actions affect them.
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Kids learn these
important skills
- Recognize that they are an important part of a world community that is large and diverse, extending far beyond their immediate environment.
- Understand that we are all interconnected. Everyone and/or their family has moved from one place to another. Even though you may live in one place now, your family may have lived across the world years ago.
- Notice that the world includes people who are similar to and different from one another with regard to culture, language, perspectives, and ways of living.
- Feel a sense of responsibility to take care of this larger world -- to contribute and help in ways that are kind, fair, and respectful. These important contributions can be both big and small, and have an impact on the way we live today as well as the way people will live in the future.
- Make decisions and do things every day to help keep our shared world clean and healthy.
- Work together to make our world community a better place; we are better together.
Kids learn these
important skills
- Recognize that they are an important part of a world community that is large and diverse, extending far beyond their immediate environment.
- Understand that we are all interconnected. Everyone and/or their family has moved from one place to another. Even though you may live in one place now, your family may have lived across the world years ago.
- Notice that the world includes people who are similar to and different from one another with regard to culture, language, perspectives, and ways of living.
- Feel a sense of responsibility to take care of this larger world -- to contribute and help in ways that are kind, fair, and respectful. These important contributions can be both big and small, and have an impact on the way we live today as well as the way people will live in the future.
- Make decisions and do things every day to help keep our shared world clean and healthy.
- Work together to make our world community a better place; we are better together.
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Share a Smile
The Big Heart Kids share a smile and celebrate the world!
- Celebrates individual differences
- Celebrates different cultures
- Celebrates cultural identity
- Resolves conflicts
- Develops positive interactions with others
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Tales from the Playground
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- Celebrates individual differences
- Celebrates different cultures
- Celebrates cultural identity
- Demonstrates awareness of self
- Resolves conflicts
Make a resolution wheel with your child to help figure out strategies to use when a problem arises. Take a paper plate or cardboard circle and make an X in the center of it to divide it into 4 sections. In each section, write (and encourage your child to illustrate) the words “share,” “take turns,” “guess a number,” and “pick an object.” Then, fasten the paper arrow onto the center of the plate with a paper fastener. When your child encounters a problem, have them spin the resolution wheel to find a strategy to try out.
- Develops positive interactions with others
- Develops positive interactions with others
After listening to the song, ask your kids for ways they can make the world a kinder place. If they need ideas, listen again to the song’s lyrics, especially the chorus. Can they think of situations where they can “lend a hand” or “take a stand”?
- Develops positive interactions with others
- Develops positive interactions with others
When someone doesn’t want to play with Marisol, her friends stand up for her. They all make pictures to hang at the playground, making it clear that it’s a space where everyone plays together. Encourage your child to make a similar picture to hang in your local park or playground. As you create it together, talk about the episode. Ask them what differences make Marisol special. How is your child different from Marisol? How is your child the same or similar?
Family Activities and Parent Resources
We’ve collaborated with our friends at Sparkler Learning to build family activities and other parent and educator resources.
Big Heart World's Social and Emotional Learning Quiz
Answer Big Heart World’s 10-Question Social and Emotional Learning Quiz, and get a custom play & learning guide to use with your child!
Big Heart Book Lists
Picture books can teach lifelong lessons about friendship! Big Heart World partnered with First Book and School Library Journal for book recommendations to help parents, caregivers, and educators introduce children to books that help them grow big hearts.
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