{"id":114,"date":"2021-11-14T22:32:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T06:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/childthrive\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2021-11-19T23:15:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T07:15:12","slug":"activity-1-sorting-needs-wants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/childthrive\/activity-1-sorting-needs-wants\/","title":{"rendered":"Activity 1: Sorting Needs &amp; Wants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Activity 1: Sorting Needs &amp; Wants<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Why we like it:<\/strong> This activity encourages children to start thinking about \u2018needs\u2019 as \u2018rights\u2019. It sparks interesting conversations, and there are some grey areas\/tricky ones (e.g. bicycle, cell phone)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you will need:<\/strong> Needs and Wants Hand Cards, piece of paper, marker<\/p>\n<p><strong>How long:<\/strong> 10 min to 30 min<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the video, Giggles was very excited about getting chocolate bars and roller<br \/>\nskates during her visit to Canada. Are these \u2018needs\u2019 or \u2018wants\u2019? Can you help<br \/>\nGiggles to sort out the difference with these cards?<\/li>\n<li>On a piece of paper, ask children to draw a line in the middle of the page and<br \/>\nwrite \u201cNeeds\u2019 on one side and \u2018Wants\u2019 on the other side<\/li>\n<li>Individually or in pairs, invite children to group the cards based on what is \u2018need\u2019 or \u2018want\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>NEEDS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>WANTS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Decent shelter (article 27)<br \/>\nNutritious food (article 24)<br \/>\nProtection from abuse and neglect (article 19)<br \/>\nEducation (articles 28, 29)<br \/>\nHealthcare (article 24)<br \/>\nFair-treatment and non-discrimination (article 2)<br \/>\nClean air (article 24)<br \/>\nOpportunities to share opinions (article 12)<br \/>\nPlaygrounds and recreation (article 30)<br \/>\nClean water (article 24)<br \/>\nOpportunities to practice your own culture, language, and religion (article 31)<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top\">Clothes in the latest style<br \/>\nA bicycle<br \/>\nHoliday trips<br \/>\nYour own bedroom<br \/>\nA tablet or computer<br \/>\nA T.V.<br \/>\nMoney to spend as you like<br \/>\nFast food<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong> Reflection:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What items did you put in each group? What were your reasons?<\/li>\n<li>Was there anything that was hard or tricky to decide? Why?<\/li>\n<li>How are \u2018needs\u2019 connected to child \u2018rights\u2019?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tips &amp; variations:<\/strong> Ask students to colour, cut out the cards and glue them on a page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/legacy\/imce_uploads\/rights_wants_and_needs.pdf\">UNICEF Child Rights Needs, Wants Rights Cards (Source: UNICEF.ca)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/imce_uploads\/UTILITY%20NAV\/TEACHERS\/DOCS\/GC\/CRCPosterEN_FA.pdf\">Child Friendly UNCRC Poster<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/legacy\/imce_uploads\/rights_wants_and_needs.pdf\"> (Source: UNICEF.ca)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/childthrive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2021\/11\/2-3-Activity-1.-Sorting-Needs-Wants.pdf\">PDF Activity 1 Outline<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activity 1: Sorting Needs &amp; Wants Why we like it: This activity encourages children to start thinking about \u2018needs\u2019 as \u2018rights\u2019. It sparks interesting conversations, and there are some grey areas\/tricky ones (e.g. bicycle, cell phone) What you will need: Needs and Wants Hand Cards, piece of paper, marker How long: 10 min to 30 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/childthrive\/activity-1-sorting-needs-wants\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Activity 1: Sorting Needs &amp; Wants<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-114","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/childthrive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/childthrive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/childthrive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/childthrive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/childthrive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/childthrive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":487,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/childthrive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114\/revisions\/487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/childthrive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}