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100 Ways to Make the World a Better Place: An Activity Book to Inspire Change
This hands-on book gives children the what, the how and the why to understanding the biggest challenges in the world — one child, and one action, at a time! This interactive activity book shows children that they can help to make the world a better place. Divided into three sections — people, community and planet — each chapter is devoted to one of 12 specific challenges the world faces, from extreme poverty and universal education, to jobs and diversity, to clean energy and environmental conservation. Based on the “learn, think, act” teaching framework, it provides background information, fun activities and ideas for how to help solve each challenge. The goal is to pique children’s curiosity about the world’s challenges, engage their sense of responsibility, and empower them to do something — a perfect recipe for creating engaged global citizens! With over 100 puzzles, games, craft activities, experiments and tips, authors and activists Karen Ng and Kirsten Liepmann seek to invite and encourage children to make a difference in their communities and the world. Throughout the book, children are introduced to keywords, concepts and basic information, broken down into manageable pieces and explored from a child’s point of view. Covering science and social studies, this book provides a perfect jumping-off point for conversations about the environment, citizenship, local and global communities, economics, social justice and community involvement. Packed with curriculum-compliant activities, it could easily be tied directly to a classroom unit, with the class doing the activities together or as assignments on their own.
- GenresNonfictionChildrens
64 pages, Paperback
Published October 5, 2021
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June 28, 2024
Excellent activity book for kids filled with variety of science experiments and puzzles, mazes, word search, etc. My son worked on it one summer but I forgot to review it until now. I loved this type of workbook. A learning opportunity with hands on experimentation. I loved the topics covered in this book: extreme poverty, universal education, hunger and nutrition, health and hygiene, climate change, clean energy, peace and justice, and so many more!
The first topic talks about extreme poverty. There are two paragraphs explaining about it and how life is tough for people with less and the tough choices they have to make. Then my son fills out his needs and wants and decide what to spend his money on.
The next page talks about how people in parts of the world live on less than $1.90 a day. There are reasons why. My son did a poverty line challenge by deciding on a budget for the number of people in his family for 3 days with $1.90 per day. His shopping list has water, pizza, chicken nuggets and chips haha..
There are information on poverty traps and my son got a chance to play a game to figure out for ways to escape from poverty. There are ideas as to what else can we do to help end poverty for people around the world.
Each topic is informative for kids to learn and think. Even though my son finished this book in 2022, I still kept it because it has good and easy to understand real world problems and solutions. It's better that this book ask kids for their inputs to solving real world problems.
I highly recommend this workbook for everyone!
Thank you Kids Can Press for the opportunity to read and review.
The first topic talks about extreme poverty. There are two paragraphs explaining about it and how life is tough for people with less and the tough choices they have to make. Then my son fills out his needs and wants and decide what to spend his money on.
The next page talks about how people in parts of the world live on less than $1.90 a day. There are reasons why. My son did a poverty line challenge by deciding on a budget for the number of people in his family for 3 days with $1.90 per day. His shopping list has water, pizza, chicken nuggets and chips haha..
There are information on poverty traps and my son got a chance to play a game to figure out for ways to escape from poverty. There are ideas as to what else can we do to help end poverty for people around the world.
Each topic is informative for kids to learn and think. Even though my son finished this book in 2022, I still kept it because it has good and easy to understand real world problems and solutions. It's better that this book ask kids for their inputs to solving real world problems.
I highly recommend this workbook for everyone!
Thank you Kids Can Press for the opportunity to read and review.
October 22, 2021
Peppered with cute, fun illustrations, 100 Ways to Make the World a Better Place is a wonderful introduction to world problems for young children. Issues are presented in concise, concrete ways and readers are invited to imagine what it would be like to experience these issues. For example, in the section on poverty, children are encouraged to try purchase food for three days given $1.90 per person. Ways to help are presented including ways to “Learn more” (questions to ask and concepts to learn about); “Engage your Community,” “Use Your Voice,” “Change Your Habits,” etc. Children are empowered to be creative in thinking of other ways to help, as well. Activities include word searches, crossword puzzles, a maze, and more.
This slim activity book is sure to spark conversations in families about issues ranging from refugees to climate change to girls’ education around the world. I could see this being an excellent resource for families to discuss current events and hot topics in a child friendly way.
Anything you did not like about the book? There is a list of references at the end, but I was surprised there was no list of recommended resources to explore more. I also wish there had been a glossary. Finally, it would have been interesting if this was tied to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Most of the issues presented in the book are connected to the SDGs, but SDGs are never explicitly mentioned.
This slim activity book is sure to spark conversations in families about issues ranging from refugees to climate change to girls’ education around the world. I could see this being an excellent resource for families to discuss current events and hot topics in a child friendly way.
Anything you did not like about the book? There is a list of references at the end, but I was surprised there was no list of recommended resources to explore more. I also wish there had been a glossary. Finally, it would have been interesting if this was tied to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Most of the issues presented in the book are connected to the SDGs, but SDGs are never explicitly mentioned.
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January 5, 2022I absolutely loved 100 Ways to Make the World a Better Place activity book by Karen Ng and Kirsten Liepmann.
The activities are so fun, unique, and vary in a way that would interest all types of learners. There's a lot of information on the pages, but the overall design is very appealing and easy to navigate.
I love how this is a book that is designed for parents and children to do TOGETHER. I love that it includes a "Guide for Grown-Ups" at the beginning of the book. Particularly how it provides a "Learn, Think, Act" mentality that can so easily be used in daily life.
Additionally, I feel like these activities would be amazing in the classroom. As a former teacher in an International Baccalaureate school, this book would've fit perfectly in so many of our units. I only wish that it would've been formatted in a more teacher-friendly way (ex: easier ability to make copies, less color/more black&white for worksheets, or digital ways to participate in activities/lessons) Also, we referred to the United Nations Sustainable Goals in the classroom, so I was hoping that there would be some connection which those but there wasn't. https://sdgs.un.org/goals
Thank you KidsCanPress for sending a copy in exchange for an honest review. I would definitely recommend this book if you are a parent, aunt/uncle, grandparent, or teacher looking for a resource to encourage and inspire change in our world.
The activities are so fun, unique, and vary in a way that would interest all types of learners. There's a lot of information on the pages, but the overall design is very appealing and easy to navigate.
I love how this is a book that is designed for parents and children to do TOGETHER. I love that it includes a "Guide for Grown-Ups" at the beginning of the book. Particularly how it provides a "Learn, Think, Act" mentality that can so easily be used in daily life.
Additionally, I feel like these activities would be amazing in the classroom. As a former teacher in an International Baccalaureate school, this book would've fit perfectly in so many of our units. I only wish that it would've been formatted in a more teacher-friendly way (ex: easier ability to make copies, less color/more black&white for worksheets, or digital ways to participate in activities/lessons) Also, we referred to the United Nations Sustainable Goals in the classroom, so I was hoping that there would be some connection which those but there wasn't. https://sdgs.un.org/goals
Thank you KidsCanPress for sending a copy in exchange for an honest review. I would definitely recommend this book if you are a parent, aunt/uncle, grandparent, or teacher looking for a resource to encourage and inspire change in our world.
October 26, 2021
The authors of this book designed it for personal use with an adult and a child. I think they missed a huge audience of teachers by focusing on such a limited audience. The book isn't designed to be easily copied and shared--that would have helped to expand the audience. The ideas and games are mostly very creative and thoughtful. There are some that would do a great job of teaching children empathy--shopping on a very limited budget, arranging book drives, etc. Some ideas would be very difficult to put into action, but no one is expected to try them all. I love the solar oven experiment, the germ experiment (which would be amazing for a teacher to try), and the suggestion for cleaning up your community. The resources list is extensive and a great resource itself. I think there is a lot of fun and learning empathy for the futures of readers of this book.
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