IDEAS FOR
PRESENTATION TO ELEMENTARY AGED STUDENTS
We are caught in a world that is trying to teach our children to simply "accept", or, even worse, "tolerate" those with differences. To really see inclusion work within our schools, communities, churches and society in general, we must make a shift from "tolerance" and "acceptance" to understanding that each individual will bring something unique to the greater whole. When others come to understand the interconnectedness of all people and how every human being is needed in that larger "whole".
This is meant to be a resource for all those who are doing presentations on trisomy 21 or disabilities in general. It is a compilation of ideas from various community members for presentations to various age groups. To see ideas for a given age group, simply click on the group listed below.
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Reading Books
Submitted by Monica (mom2mikey)There are many children's books on the market that portray people with Trisomy 21, or more generally, people with disabilities, in day-to-day settings where they interact with and/or contribute to their families, classrooms, and/or communities. As children are exposed to this as "normal", hopefully a shift will be made away from striving towards the things that society has always deemed as "most important" and recognizing that there are many things that make you, and others, important.
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Submitted by Monica (mom2mikey)What is one thing that you can teach everyone in this class/group? Create puzzle pieces that fit together and have each child draw a picture of something they could teach the others in the group. This highlights the fact that every child brings something beneficial to the group. When they are done, dependent on age, have them either put the puzzle pieces together or put them together yourself to show them how it all fits into the bigger "whole". Could include pictures of each child in the center of the puzzle pieces and see if the final product can go up as bulletin board display.
If kids are a little older, they could also do some writing on their puzzle pieces or you could change it up and have them draw someone's name and encourage them to write something unique/special about that person on the puzzle piece instead of doing their own.
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