Moving on, let’s see what our Nursery children were up to. Oh wow, old school games! That looks like so much fun, can I join in too?
Our Nursery children were exposed to old school games like Carrom Board, Eraser Game, Pick-Up Sticks and Ring Toss. In the past, these games were popular in keeping children occupied during class breaks or after school. In making their very own Paper Plate Ring Toss game, our Nursery children used paper plates, cutting a hold in the middle, followed by markers to decorate the “rings”. Targets to throw their rings included Kitchen towel roll, toilet paper roll and plastic bottle for children to aim and toss into.
Our Kindergarten 1 Children focused on the topic – Urban Planning. Comparing past and present architectural buildings, as well as past living conditions in Singapore, our children decided that although they would not mind living in a “kampong” but would still prefer living in houses. They were then invited to draw what they thought would be their ideal community or what our future Singapore would look like in the 50 years.
Through this experience, children worked in small groups as “urban planners” to plan and draw a map of their own town. They discussed among themselves, the type of houses and amenities they would like to have in their town. Having compared past and present Singapore, children learned that proper town planning is important to improve the lives of people.
Last but not least, fashion was a topic our Kindergarten 2 children were interested in. Using the idea of graphic organizing, children pen down their thoughts on what is fashion to them. The outfit and attire worn by people are fashion. Our children came up with their idea of fashion and wrote it down. Some shared that fashion meant like clothes they wore.; jeans, shirts, dresses, hats, jewellery. Taking reference from photos in the past, children produced their own sense of fashion through repurposing old clothes into new purposes! Parents were involved in this activity. They were asked to bring any unwanted, unused or small clothes for recycling. It is important that this project is sustainable and green. So we repurposed this clothes as a tote bag. Our Kindergarten 2 children had to tie knots at the bottom of their clothes and then it was done. Some of them had already decided what they could do with their “new” bag. How fun!
Having understood so many fashion elements, we used idle old clothes to create our very own tie-dye fashion. Our children used coils and folded our clothes, put on gloves to pour paint, creating a tie-dye effect. After the clothes were soaked in the paint water for a period of time, the clothes were then filtered and dried. Don’t the clothes look amazing!
