Love yourself; to enhance children's self-esteem and protect children's rights
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What is this project about?
- Age group
- 6-8
- Project Duration
- 4 weeks
Learning Outcomes
Skills to develop
Project Activities
Welcome to Our Self-Esteem Journey
Teacher introduces the project purpose, explaining that students will explore their own characteristics, feelings, and preferences while connecting with children from another country. Teacher shares the project goals: understanding themselves better, discovering how different cultures shape who we are, and learning to protect their own rights and value. Students discuss what it means to love and appreciate themselves, setting an excited, inclusive tone for the 5-week journey.
What Makes Me, Me? Exploring Our Driving Question
Students brainstorm together to develop a shared driving question that will guide their exploration. Teacher guides discussion: What characteristics make each of us unique? How do our families, cultures, and communities shape who we are? Students contribute ideas via sticky notes or digital brainstorm, then vote on or refine a final question like 'What makes me special and how do I love myself?' This question becomes the compass for all future exploration and exchange.
Discovering My Unique Self
Students conduct personal exploration through guided activities: drawing self-portraits with labels of their favorite things, colors, and feelings; interviewing family members about their characteristics and what makes them special; creating a 'My Favorites' chart (favorite food, game, color, song, etc.); and photographing objects or places that represent who they are. Students keep a simple reflection journal noting what they discover about themselves. These materials will be shared with their international peers.
Sharing Our Stories: Creating Our Class Presentation
Students organize their local exploration materials into a creative class product. Working in small groups, they create a collaborative visual presentation (poster, digital slide show, or short video) that shows their favorite things, their feelings about themselves, and their daily routines. Each student contributes one element. The presentation is simple and colorful, designed to communicate across language barriers. Students practice presenting to the class before sharing with their international partners.
Celebrating Our Global Classroom
Students prepare a final showcase of their learning. The class creates a collaborative mural or digital gallery combining materials from both their own exploration and their international peers' presentations. They organize photos, drawings, and quotes around themes like 'What We Love About Ourselves' and 'How We Are Similar and Different.' The mural is displayed in the classroom and shared on the Project Board. Students prepare simple talking points to explain what they learned to other classes or families who visit the exhibition.
Project Timeline
Welcome to Our Journey, Setting Intentions and Classroom Norms
Students participate in an icebreaker activity where they introduce themselves and share one thing they are excited to learn about themselves this project
Teacher guides students in creating classroom agreements together, focusing on respect, kindness, and safe spaces for sharing personal stories
Students explore the project overview through a visual presentation showing the four-week journey and what they will discover, create, and share
Each student sets a personal intention for the project by drawing, writing, or dictating what they hope to learn about themselves and others
Discovering My Name and Family Stories
Interview family members to learn the meaning, origin, and special story behind your name
Create a name poster that displays your name, its meaning, and why your family chose it for you
Research and list popular personal names from partner countries using provided resources or Padlet
Share your family's parenting style and upbringing experiences in a simple written or drawn format
Compare your growth story with examples from partner countries to identify similarities and differences in how children are raised
My Secrets to Managing Emotions: Understanding and Coping Strategies
Create an emotion vocabulary chart with words that describe anger, sadness, nervousness, and fear in both English and partner country languages
Share personal stories and draw pictures showing times when you felt each of the four emotions and what helped you feel better
Practice simple breathing and calming techniques as a class and discuss which strategies work best for different emotions
Compare emotion management strategies used by children from partner countries through Padlet and Zoom meetings to discover different cultural approaches
What I'm Good At and My Dream, Show and Tell
Students identify and list 2-3 personal strengths or skills they excel at through self-reflection activities
Each student prepares a show and tell presentation about one talent or ability they are proud of, using visual aids or objects
Students share their dreams and aspirations for the future in a safe, supportive classroom environment
Classmates provide positive feedback and encouragement to each presenter, reinforcing self-esteem and mutual respect
Create a class display or digital gallery on Padlet showcasing each student's strengths and dreams for reflection and celebration
Children's Rights Around the World, Protecting Our Future
Research what children's rights mean in your own country and compare with partner countries using Padlet and Zoom meetings
Identify challenges and difficulties that children face in protecting their rights through group conversations and teacher guidance
Brainstorm and propose solutions to protect children's rights, sharing ideas with classmates and international partners
Create illustrated paintings, videos, songs, or other creative expressions that showcase children's rights and solutions to share with the school community
What participants say
Christin Kim
South KoreaJhansi Ravikumar
India