Doll

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-56456514

Rosie Kneen is 6 years old and lives in Wiltshire, UK. She loves playing with dolls and has been chosen by a doll manufacturer to be the model for their new doll, Rosie Boo doll.

Rosie has Down's Syndrome which means her body looks and works in a different way to other children. The new doll looks like Rosie and she is delighted to have a doll for the first time that looks like her.

Rosie's dad says, "It's really wonderful to see Down's Syndrome represented like this."

Ian Harkin works for Lottie Dolls who made the doll and said, "It's extremely important kids get to play with a diverse toy box... and it's incredibly powerful for kids to be able to see a doll in their likeness."

- what is Downs Syndrome? (Down's Syndrome is something a person is born with which makes them look a bit different. A person with Down's Syndrome may need extra help to do some things because their body works in a different way but they still have their own personality, and things that make then who they are. It's just another way of being different. We are all different.)

- why is this the first time Rosie has a doll that looks like her? Why aren't there lots of dolls that look different? 

-how do you think Rosie feels playing with a doll that looks like her for the first time?

- "It's really wonderful to see Down's Syndrome represented like this." what does this mean?

- "It's extremely important kids get to play with a diverse toy box" why?

- "It's incredibly powerful for kids to be able to see a doll in their likeness." why?

- what can we learn from Lottie Dolls?

- why is this story about No Outsiders?