It is the day! Before the day comes, we had a short briefing at Foyer D of 12th residential college about the activities that we will conduct and the work allocation for those attending. Unfortunately some of us couldn't attend to the first activity because of co-curricular activities that will be held soon and also the preparation for the events.
We gathered at LRT University and head to the destination, Rumah Yayasan Chow Kit together. We had a short discussion with the person in charge on what to do and what not to do, and also more plannings after this activity.
Then we meet the children on the activity center, First, we had a ice breaking session, which is conducted by a few facilitators, which is us, by dividing them into a few groups. We introduced ourselves and let the children to speak up themselves, introducing their name, age, ambition and more. We truly hope that this will boost up their confidence, which is a very important soft skill.
We also played some mini games to let their interaction and friendship to get better. We played games like "da da gus", which one of the kid point to a random friend in the group and he will escape from the friend he pointed before he sat down to his original place. We are glad that the children had a lot of fun.
About half an hour later, we proceed to another activity, which is to teach them aerobic dance "Gummy Bear", which all of us had learned during the orientation week of university.
We had them stand in a big circle and the facilitators will stand in the middle so the children can follow the steps. Of course, we simplified the choreography so that the children will not miss out any steps.
The next activity which is origami lesson, where we teach them on how to fold a cat. We prepared some coloured paper for them and the steps are easy enough for them to follow up. They are also divided into groups randomly and the facilitators teach them step by step.
After that, they are given some time to "decorate" their product. Stationery such as permanent marker, pen, pencil, highlighter are given to them. We are impressed that many of them have the talent to draw and colour.
Now, time for a group photo!
The last game of the day is the musical chair. Due to the size of the activity center and also the amount of the kids, they are not able to play in a group. Thus, we divide them into 2 groups and they play separately, then we had a small activity for those who loses, which is dancing the Gummy Bear with the facilitators. The kids are so excited that some of them who didn't lose the game, join them too!
Before we leave, they prepared a birthday cake for a child and we sang a birthday song together with the children, then divide them into groups for them to have their portion of cake. We are glad that they are happy and still energetic at the end of the day.
Post-mortem will be held soon by us soon so improve the flow of the activities and also our perspective on this activity.
Signing off with a "selfie" of us and some of the kids :)
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