My body is mine!

Our workshop, ‘My Body Belongs to Me!’, aims to encourage children to listen to their intuition, to understand that there are physical boundaries, and to ask for help when those boundaries have been crossed.

The workshop consists of three parts:

• A round-table discussion during which the children can express their feelings using emotion cards;
• A main activity, which involves sticking green and red stickers around the outline of a person that we draw on a sheet of paper, to visualise the boundaries of their bodies;
• To conclude, we look at a book with the children that summarises what we have covered so far, and the children are gradually encouraged to say ‘No’ very loudly.

The objectives of this workshop are the following:

• to recognise and express the boundaries of my own body;
• to respect other people’s boundaries;
• to recognise and express my feelings;
• to name the parts of my body correctly;
• understand what the terms ‘private’ and ‘intimate’ mean;
• know who is allowed to touch my private parts and under what circumstances;
• know who I can ask for help, and who my trusted adults are;
• be able to say ‘no’.