Vocabulary

Artistic Expression is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities including the creation of images or objects in the fields of painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, and other media.
Cultural Activities are activities of a cultural nature including the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
Facility is a space necessary for doing something. 
Park is a large public green area in a town that is used for recreation.
Playground is an outdoor area provided for children to play on, especially at a school or public park.
Privacy is the state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people. 
Recreation is activity done for enjoyment when one is not working. 

Purpose - 
Thank You 

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Many communities around the world have provided facilities for children to engage in play, whether it is through recreation facilities, parks, open natural spaces, etc. In this sub-unit, the child identifies ways one's community facilitates the right to play. If the community has not facilitated for this right, the child can advocate for this right either as part of this sub-unit, or later in the Act for Play sub-units.  
Child Asks: How has my community planned for public places where I can play with other children?
Children's Rights Education enables the child to identify ways one's community facilitates the right to play.
Child Answers: I am grateful for all the places in my community where I can 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