Children's Day is fast approaching. This year Sunday 7 March is New Zealand's national Children's Day and what better reason could there be to celebrate. All around the country communities have events planned for children and families to enjoy or you might like to plan something special for your OSCAR children, to to give them the opportunity to be the centre of the universe for a day.
Around the world countries and cultures celebrate their children in different ways. Many pacific nations celebrate White Sunday in October, where children dress in white and their parents serve them for the day, In China, people celebrate children in early June with a day off school, and in Japan and Korea there is a national holiday to celebrtae and teasure children. In many parts of Europe a day is set aside for community celebrations in parks, libraries, zoos and exhibitions.
Praise and encouragement are the themes for this year. We know that children love praise and will grow in confidence when we encourage and praise them. Every kind word of encouragement will help a growing wee star to shine even brighter.
There's still plenty of time to get something organised before March, whether its a picnic, a story afternoon, a kite day, an art dispaly, a swap the roles day, a "you choose" day, a talent show, a day in the life of OSCAR photo diary or a personal card to each child with a special individual message.
http://www.childrensday.org.nz/ will have local events listed and plenty of ideas to help you celebrate.
ENJOY!!!
And a funny for the day....
What do you call a deer with no eyes?? No idea!
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs? Still no idea!
Odette
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