School & Personal Projects
Volcano Experiment
I babysit my neighbour’s children a few times each week and this is one of the activities I have planned and implemented with them. The 3 of them show great interest in science. Hence, I bought a DIY volcano kit, using the project approach, to introduce relevant concepts like gases, liquid, bubbling, eruption, mixing wet and dry ingredients, and experimenting with different activators. The children were occupied, and thrilled throughout this experiment and even came up with their own conclusion on how effective each activator was.
Storytelling with Sensorial Props
As observed in the video I created a sensorial storyboard with a maze element and binoculars using recycled materials to story-tell the book “Where Is Little Fish?”. I was assigned to create props for storytelling and I decided to focus on the sensorial learning style as my target age group is known to show interest in this learning form. The maze element is used by the main character to move along the line to explore the sea, investigating each open-flap in the search of little fish. The binoculars were created to give the child a sense of purpose by looking through them, following the main characters to find little fish. I mimicked the textures of each sea creature’s habitat on the storyboard as well. The storytelling was conducted smoothly and the child engaged actively with enthusiasm.
Learning Corner - blended approach
My groupmates and I were assigned to read the story “Llama Llama Red Pajama” to children aged 5 years old, and then individually create our own Learning Corner (LC) to enhance their oral development.
I created sequential puppets, 2 cardboard phones for pair role-playing, and oral resource audio, which you can hear below the video, to serve as a guide and self-check point for children at my LC. I used the blended approach where I devised the resources such that each pair of children would engage in cooperative play, play-based learning, and direct teaching as I provided step-by-step instructions together with a call and response structure in the audio. Upon presenting this to my lecturer & classmates, I received praise for using technology and integrating various approaches that would aid in oral development.