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    Engaging Younger Children

    in Service

    Silvia Blitzer Golombek, Ph.D.

    U.S. Presenting Sponsor

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    A different lens

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    Three reactions

    Hmm Huh? Aha!

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    Remember

    When was the first timeyour opinion mattered?

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    Question

    From the mouths of babes

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    Oh, stop acting like a baby!

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    My 7 year old is much better

    on the computer than me.

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    What does she know?

    Shes only a child.

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    WeMay Be Born With an

    Urge to Help(New York Times, Nov.30 2009)

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    Elementary school childrenare not ready for service-

    learning

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    Where do they come up with

    these ideas!

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    98% of kindergarten childrenscored genius level in

    Divergent Thinking(Sir Ken Robinson, NSLC, San Jose, March 2010)

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    Bias # 1

    Children are unfinished humans.They are in process of becoming

    complete persons.

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    Bias # 2

    Children are often wrong anddo not understand.

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    Children think DIFFERENTLY

    Children are DIFFERENT

    from adults

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    Children in different roles

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    Keep questioning

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    .

    Claudette Colvin

    (See Phillip Hoose, We Were There Too)

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    4th graders Theo and Niko Milonopoulos

    fought Los Angeles City Council on gun

    ammunition sales

    9 year old Geneva Johnson (Bronx, NY)

    takes control of her destiny when

    attending National Foundation forTeaching

    Entrepreneurship camp and

    by 16 creates Bring It On

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    Lil MDGs Little Red Wagon Foundation

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    Free the Children RandomKid

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    Barra Mansa (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil):

    ChildrensMunicipal Council

    18 boys and 18 girls, 9 to 15 years old

    elected by their peers

    Manage a portion of the citys $125,000

    Children address inter-generational priorities,

    It is possible to conduct urban management with,rather than only for, children

    Eliana Guerra in Children, Youth, and Environments 15(2) 2005.

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    Child-to-Child Trust (UK)

    Plan Ceibal (Uruguay)

    Common CentsPenny Harvest (US)

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    Childrens Express

    News agency reported and edited

    by 8 to 18 year olds

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    Rethink

    Substantive service:

    Its not an age thing

    It is a Skill, Will, and Opportunity thing

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    REASSESS tasks assigned to childrenLISTEN respectfully and without judgment

    CONSULT with them, seek their input

    QUESTION your own perceptionsALLOW full creativity

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    Resources from YSA

    Grants

    Educational materials

    Trainings

    KIDS IN ACTION

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    Resources from YSA

    KIDS IN ACTION

    Semester of Service StrategyGuide, (p. 23): www.gysd.org

    Feature article in upcoming YSA

    Quarterly: www.ysa.org

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    What are you doing now toengage children in more

    substantive ways?

    What could you do differently?

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    Contact:

    Silvia Blitzer Golombek, Ph.D.

    [email protected]

    202-296-2992 ext. 116