Children's Rights
The Yuria Method begins by seeing each child as a person in their own right — not simply as someone adults are preparing for the future.
Keep asking: what matters most for this child, at this moment?
The Yuria Method Workbook translates the spirit of the Convention on the Rights of the Child into everyday early childhood practice. The child's best interests become a practical lens for deciding what should happen next.
Very young children do not communicate only through words. A look, a movement, crying, refusing, choosing, approaching or moving away can all carry meaning. Educators first try to understand that expression rather than labeling it as a problem.
Best interests
Ask what this child needs, rather than simply following the convenience of the group. This does not mean granting every wish; it means creating conditions for developmentally meaningful experiences without unnecessary force.
Voice and expression
Children have a voice even before they can explain themselves in words. Their body, emotions, choices and refusals are part of that voice.
Play, rest and development
Play and rest are not leftover time. They are essential conditions for well-being, development and the child's right to grow at their own pace.
Maintain, and draw out.
“Maintain” means respecting the child's current rhythm and sequence. “Draw out” means offering choices and environments that invite the child to act. The adult does not force an experience; the adult makes meaningful experience possible.