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Want to make a difference to the children in your life and the world? Here are 8 reasons why teaching children about child rights is vital.

Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future is a UNESCO programme for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. It provides professional development for student teachers, teachers, curriculum developers, education policy makers, and authors of educational materials.

Stumped by how to teach an abstract concept like empathy to your child? Sesame Street to the rescue! Watch Mark Ruffalo (the famous actor) and Murray (the famous muppet) act it out.

Life After IEP's. "Teaching Kids to Plan & Take Action Toward Their Personal Goals." Accessed April 2, 2013. http://lifeafterieps.com/teaching-kids-to-plan-take-action-toward-their-personal-goals/ Grade Level: K and up Description: This is a great website for looking at the different approaches and methods for goal setting. The website may have originally been created for children that are leaving the school system and how to adapt to the real world but there are many great ideas listed that can be adapted for children of any age or capabilities. Some methods include: graphic organizers, action planning charts, think-plan-do, etc.

Achive Goal Setting Success.com. "Teaching Children Goal Setting." Accessed April 2, 2013. http://www.achieve-goal-setting-success.com/teaching-children-goal-setting.html Grade level: K-5 Description: This website provides the insight into different approaches and resources for goal setting with children. Includes templates for goal setting worksheets and a life planning workbook.

Teaching the importance of voluntary action for the common good in a democratic society. Lesson plans, lesson plans, and much much more.

Understanding world hunger

Using a fun, interactive style, Spriggles: Health & Nutrition introduces your child to important concepts he or she will use for life. "Eat a balanced meal, Seal" opens the door to discussing the importance of selecting foods which provide the proper balance of vitamins and nutrients. "Take a bath, Giraffe" lets you explain the need for proper hygiene, reinforcing it with "Scrub between your toes, Crows." Spriggles: Health & Nutrition will increase your child's vocabulary, teaching them words such as healthy, active, and energy, while at the same time increasing their recognition of different animals. It's fun and beneficial!

This project seeks to transform our classrooms and schools by transforming the way teachers are trained. Future teachers gain direct experience with global learning networks as they engage in dialogue with their peers about teaching in the 21st century. The Future Teachers forum is a meeting place for university professors of education and the future teachers in their classes. Three kinds of discussions take place: 1) future teachers from around the world compare perspectives on creating effective and equitable schools and classrooms that will better meet the needs of all students, 2) future teachers share their reflections as they learn first-hand about iEARN's projects as facilitators, observers, or participants, and 3) professors of teacher education exchange ideas and resources for integrating global learning networks into their courses in different content areas. The Future Teachers Project was launched during the 1999 iEARN annual conference in Puerto Rico and has been developed collaboratively during subsequent iEARN conferences to offer future teachers direct experience with innovative technology use and global learning early in their careers.

We commissioned eight documentaries from award-winning film makers and 30 shorts from new and emerging talents. The films are moving, subtle and thought-provoking stories, but they also tackle big issues and pose difficult questions. The films were shown around the world in November 2012 on more than 70 national broadcasters. The documentaries are now all free to view online. We'll make them available on DVD and in languages other than English soon. We'll also be adding educational resources to help people use them as teaching tools

Originally published by the Nutrition Services Branch of the North Carolina Division of Public Health, these lessons for kindergarten through fifth grade are aligned to the Healthy Living curriculum in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. They are intended to teach students how to live a healthy lifestyle through diet and exercise while integrating mathematics, English language arts, and science.

IndyKids is a free newspaper, website and teaching tool that informs children about current news and world events from a progressive perspective and inspires a passion for social justice and learning. It is geared toward kids in grades 4 to 7.

Caduto, Michael J. Riparia's River. Gardiner, ME: Tillbury House Publishers, 2011. Age Range: 8 and up Publisher's Description: Riparia's River is an eco-tale for children that teaches both the cause and the creation of solutions for non-point pollution of flowing water streams and rivers. Filled with lush, sun-splashed watercolor paintings of river and riverside habitat and the birds, insects, and plants that shelter there, Riparia's River is a beautiful teaching fable for children in elementary grades 3-6. A group of friends discovers their favorite swimming spot on the river is polluted, and harmful to the fish and animals that live in it. They are taught by a lady naturalist named Riparia what can be done to clean and repair the riverbanks and restore clean river habitat. The children cooperate and work with a will, inviting others to help when their replanting of riverside plants project grows. Riparia's River is a wonderful, empowering story for children who will inherit tomorrow the rivers, habitat, and creatures of today s ongoing stewardship. A nice community spirit message is embedded in the illustrations use of multiracial profiles for all the children, conveying the added idea that cleaning up our rivers and habitat is a global concern.

Color Me Healthy is a program developed to reach children ages four and five with fun, interactive learning opportunities on physical activity and healthy eating. It is designed to stimulate all of the senses of young children: touch, smell, sight, sound, and, of course, taste. Through the use of color, music, and exploration of the senses, Color Me Healthy teaches children that healthy food and physical activity are fun.

We are a charity called Send a Cow and we work hand in hand with poor families, teaching them the skills they need to leave poverty behind for good. By providing training in sustainable techniques, livestock, seeds and support, we help restore hope and create stronger communities. We also value the importance of making a positive change here as well as in Africa. Helping children become more clued-up and empowering them to change the world that we will leave them is our investment in the future.

Goal Setting Guide. "Teaching Your Children How to Set Goals." Accessed April 2, 2013. http://www.goal-setting-guide.com/self-help-articles/goal-setting Grade Level: 2 and up Description: This website contains many different articles and approaches to goal setting including more long term goals such as New Year's resolutions. The article about goal setting in children includes key things to remember when helping children create and set goals including: start early, let them lead, make a plan, be realistic, and be a cheerleader.

A national campaign that invites everyone, big and small, to take action and raise awareness for how to make the world a better place. Supports children's growing understanding that the actions they choose do make a difference to themselves and others.

Ideas for propagating basic human kindness. Want to encourage kindness on campus? Access our free Teacher's Guide, lesson plans, activity ideas, teachers' experiences, and other materials to help you successfully incorporate kindness into your school.

Can be used to teach about the source of food.

Nourish Interactive is your free one stop resource for fun nutrition games for kids, interactive nutrition tools and tips for parents and health educators to use to promote healthy living for the whole family. Created by nutrition and health care professionals, Nourish Interactive's nutrition education website gives children and families the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices.