Student level: Grade 4 - 6
Right To Play has created a social studies, literacy, and physical education resource for teachers filled with 14 curriculum based lesson plans that employs experiential learning to teach students social studies.
Right To Play’s unique approach to education can be used as a critical literacy piece in your classroom through research projects and educational game development.
The school kit integrates play and sport with your curriculum to deliver engaging programming for both students and teachers. Learn more about the Canadian School Program Learning To Play, Playing To Learn here.
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Project Ideas for Your Classroom!
Get creative with Right To Play in your classroom - have fun while developing critical thinking skills, behaviour management, and event planning expertise along the way.
The following is a list of opportunities for you to facilitate an impactful learning experience for your students, with the flexibility to modify to most classrooms’ needs.
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Student level: Grade 1 - 8
Introduce Right To Play’s philosophy of “Look After Yourself, Look After One Another” and discuss what it means to the students. Ask students to write a persuasive paragraph about one of their peers who has demonstrated that philosophy and who they would like to nominate as winning the Red Ball Award. Each month you can ask students to nominate their peers for the Red Ball Award.
Student level: Grade 1 - 12
A Play Day is an event where Right To Play games are used to mobilize schools and communities around a particular issue or simply to promote awareness on how Right To Play uses specially designed games to teach health issues, life skills and to promote peace. Some schools choose to use a Play Day to raise funds for our organization either through pledge forms or participation fees. It is a great way to kick off or end the school year!
Learn more and start organizing your own Right To Play Day by ordering our free Right To Play Day Manual here.
Student level: Grade 1 - 6
A great way to use recycled material found around the home and classroom is to make something new and useful. The majority of children and youth Right To Play works with overseas don’t have access to sport equipment and often times children will use what they have to create a ball to play with. Follow this activity to create your very own ball out of used plastic bags and string.
Student level: Grade 1 - 12
Right To Play is supported by thousands of individuals across the country who have organized initiatives in their schools and communities to benefit Right To Play. Join our team of Right To Play supporters by hosting an event in support of every child's Right To Play. Examples of fundraising efforts include bakesales, scavenger hunts, and dodgeball tournaments…but we encourage creativity!
Every dollar contributes towards coach training, delivering peace games to children, community play days, immunization campaigns, and more!
Learn more about how to host your own Right To Play event here.
Student level: Grade 4 - 12
Profile a couple of Right To Play’s Athlete Ambassadors during one of your classes. Hand out information sheets about the athletes and ask the students to write down why they think each athlete supports Right To Play and how they can help the cause. Reflecting on these questions about athletes can provide an opportunity to extend it back to the students and what they do to help others out.
Learn about our Athlete Ambassadors here.
Student level: Grade 4 - 10
Feature the countries Right To Play work in and ask the students to research one of the countries including traditional games children play, national cuisine and the political situation. You could also ask your students to write why they think Right To Play works in that country. Students can present on their country of choice and involve their peers in the information they’ve learned.
Learn about the countries we work in here!
Student level: Grade 4 - 12
Ask students to create their own game using limited equipment and adapted to participants that may not be able bodied. Once students have written out their game ask for volunteers to lead their game with the class!
Student level: Grade 4 - 12
Make Your Goals Count empowers student athletes to have an impact on more than just the scoreboard.
By collecting pledges in support of their on-field or on-ice successes individually or with their team, students will allow children on the other side of the world to share in the celebrations while raising awareness of the power of sport as a force for positive social and individual change.
Learn more about how to make YOUR Goals Count here.
Student level: Grade 5 - 12
Ask your students to write a letter offering their advice or showing compassion for the former child soldiers and children living in refugee camps that Right To Play works with. Send your class’ letters to Right To Play Headquarters.
Student Level: Grade 1-6
Together, teachers and students build a Giving Tree out of paper or cardboard to hang on their classroom wall. Each time a student collects a donation they receive a Right To Play Red Ball. The student will then write his or her name, one thing they are thankful for, and the amount on the ball. With their new Right To Play ball they are able to decorate the classroom Giving Tree.