The secretary, Syazwani e-mailed the person in charge of Rumah Yayasan Chow Kit to gain approval for us to visit the place again two days before and she gave us a good news! This time, there will be a teacher to guide us, along with the children.
This time, we are not having activities in the activity centre, located in second floor, but in the third floor, where there are 2 classes provided with tables and chairs, and also a multi-functional room, having many facilities such as the computer, video projector. Due to the size of the place and also some financial problems, the room also functions as an office for the teachers.
When we reach the destination, the teachers are checking the attendance of the children, and also giving some briefing about a carnival that will be held soon, about the activities and also some performances. Then, the children are guided to third floor, and they are gathered in a classroom. Meanwhile, the teacher in charged of the day, Ms Basu briefed us about the activities planned for the day, and distributed us some works to do.
In the classroom, Ms Basu and the children revised on the nursery rhymes, where they will be exposed to at least twice a week. Ms Basu uses a creative way to teach them, where they will add on some hand gestures to help them memorize and learn the vocabulary.
Some nursery rhymes are revised, such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, 1 2 Buckle My Shoe, and also Baa Baa Black Sheep. Then, the children are divided into small groups and we act as facilitators to help them revise. Then, a small competition is held and the team that get most points are rewarded.
Then, a new nursery rhyme is introduced, I'm a Little Teapot.
I'm a little teapot
Short and stout
Here is my handle
Here is my spout
When I get all steamed up
Hear me shout
Tip me up
And pour me out
Also, some simple movements are introduced. Ms Basu also attempted to explain some vocabulary in the nursery rhyme. The children are then return to their own group to revise the song.
After a short break, group by group, they are guided to sit in a comfortable place and they are given an exercise each, which is a word search game. We guided them on how to find the words by finding letter by letter, then joining them together. We are glad to see that the children are helping each other willingly. Sharing is caring.
After that, they are given story books to read according to their level. Most of them had interest in reading, however in such big group, we could not get their full attention, which is a pity.
Then, they are guided back to the second floor to have a light meal, including a cup of tea and also sandwich. After a long day learning English, they had a short break but we can't help watching them still laughing and chatting all day round.
During the children' short break, we had a short session with Ms Basu. She told us a lot of stories about the area Chow Kit, where there are a plenty of foreign workers found, and also poor, homeless peoples begging in the street. She said it is a pity seeing them and also upset about many activities that are illegal and unhealthy, which will pollute the society, especially the kids.
This foundation house is built in this area, for the benefits of the children in this area. The children are sent to this place by their parents while they went for work, so that the children are not exposed to the society outside. Also there are many activities held in this foundation house, such as Taekwondo classes, cooking and sewing classes, dance classes and many more. The children get to develop some skills and also bring up their interest and talents.
The management of this foundation house are very pleased to see that the children are growing up happily with their peers, learning about many experiences that are not cultivated in school, and also teaching them the right attitudes. Also, they are blessed with some financial aids from some company, and also many volunteers that approaches this place to teach the children.
Although she had only started working here since July last year as a part timer, she also had learn a lot from the children, from the scope of teaching to the way to communicate, she is also very happy about getting this part time job, apart from being a lecturer, as a English tutor in a college university.
After this session, we had learn a lot. Despite on catching up the syllabus in the university, we should emphasize more on what is going on in the society, and how to fix the problem. As a university student and a future degree holder, there are more to learn apart from our courses.
We are very glad to see the happy faces of the children when they come upstairs. They are each given a piece of paper printed with some designs. They uses the colour pencils provided by the foundation house or brought by themselves to fill in the spaces provided.
Expected, at the same time, they colour and chit chat, commenting on their colouring and also singing some songs.
Due to inadequate time given and also their lack of concentration on colouring, most of them did not manage to finish it. However, we are impressed with some of their artworks.
By the end of the session, some of the children stayed back to clean the place while others went back to the activity centre in second floor. We then said goodbye to the children and leave the place. See you next time, Yayasan Chow Kit!
Signing off :)
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