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A PARENT AND TEACHER RESOURCE TO TEACH CHILDREN THE ART OF GIVING
LEARN TO KNIT AND KNIT FOR CHARITY
A parent and teacher resource to help children learn to knit and why
to give.
In a world where children are exposed to much sadness and horror
through the media, it may seem too much to further burden them with
the plight of the many million abandoned children and AIDS orphans of
southern Africa.
_BUT CHILDREN HAVE BOUNDLESS ENERGY AND ARE OFTEN DEEPLY SYMPATHETIC
TOWARDS OTHER CHILDREN IN NEED, INDEED PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO MAY BE
SUFFERING._
MUCH MORE DISTURBING FOR YOUR CHILDREN IS NOT KNOWING HOW THEY CAN
HELP OTHERS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
As parents and teachers, teaching children sound values should be a
primary responsibility.
A value that holds the human race apart is our desire to give to
others in greater need than ourselves.
A CASE IN POINT
_Two days after the bush fire inferno swept through Victoria, just
outside of Melbourne on February 7 2009, causing the worst every peace
time disaster in Australia, two young girls in their early teens
knocked at our door. They had been baking slices of chocolate cake all
afternoon and were carrying tray loads to sell to raise funds for the
then, newly formed, bush fire appeal. Apart from their initiative, it
was their urgent need to do something in the face of so much human
suffering that was so telling. _
_"Can you imagine not having parents, a home, food to eat, a school
to go to, a blanket to keep you warm?_
We pose this question in the parent and teacher resource, in part to
help create empathy in your children for the children in need who are
living in these circumstances, but also to direct the efforts of this
project to the last of their needs, being warm.
WHILE IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR CHILDREN OF MANY AGES TO IMAGINE A
LIFE _DEVOID OF LOVE, SHELTER, EDUCATION AND FOOD_, MOST OF US CAN
IMAGINE BEING COLD OR LYING IN A BED WITH NO COVERS.
GLOBAL LOVE
Knit-a-square knows that its goal, to provide tens of thousands of
blankets for all these children, relies on the goodwill and generosity
(global love) of the knitters and crocheters of the world. These great
people are knitting and crocheting 8 x 8" squares to be sent to South
Africa and Zimbabwe, where they will be made up into the blankets, and
distributed, by designated charities.
In channeling the enthusiasm and wonderful energy of school aged
children, this goal will be realised.
_The rewards will far outweigh their efforts_
By teaching children the value of giving, the rewards and benefits
are numerous.
They will:
