Vocabulary

Environmental is relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition.
Play is the engagement in an activity for enjoyment and recreation, rather than a serious or practical purpose.
Political is of, or relating to the government or the public affairs of a country or district. 
Privacy is the state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people.
Respect is a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.
Safe is protected from or not exposed to danger or risk; not likely to be harmed or lost.
Social is of, or relating to society or its organization.
Value is the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something. 

Purpose - 
Children Need to Play

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In all the previous Play sub-units children identified and analyzed that the right to play is important to the social, physical, spiritual, and psychological development of the child. They also identified that they can play with others, and that sometimes they are also entitled to privacy. However,  sometimes social, political, and environmental issues affect the right of every child to play. In this sub-unit, children analyze some of the situations that might impede a child's right to play. 
Child Asks: Why is the right to play not respected for some children?
Children's Rights Education enables the child to analyze issues that prevent children from having the right to play.
Child Answers: All children play, but some do not have a safe or private place to play.

Classroom Learning Activities

1. Information to come

Relevant Convention Articles

Article 31
1. States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.
2. States Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity.

Online Resources and References

Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (2011): Children's Right to Rest, Play, Recreation, Culture, and the Arts
Play = Learning: Yale University Conference on Play by Singer, Dorothy, Golinkoff, Roberta, and Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy