5-SIDED BOX FOR 5-YEAR OLDS
As you can see on the sketch above, I suck at drawing and I have a terrible, horrendous handwriting. My apologies. I loved writing on magic slates since I was four, but oddly, the Paulinian way of writing (which is a graceful, curvy way of writing) never rubbed off on me.
Anyway, back to the project.
The 5-sided for 5-year old project is a project that teachers and parents of 5-year olds (preschoolers) can do to instill the 5 minds/values to kids. Here are the steps/rules:
1.) Form a group of 5 five-year old kids. You can have as many groups as you like depending on the number of kids in the school or in your neighborhood.
2.) Each kid will be given a large plain empty box.
3.) The kids will have a game. The mechanics of the game is that they have to fill the boxes with school supplies, that will be donated to kid in an orphanage or a public school.
4.) The catch is they're not supposed to buy anything. They will fill in the boxes by earning points. The points will be earned by the 5 kids competing in the following activities
- singing/dancing (talent show)
- doing good deeds
- arts through poster-making (this includes the most creative box)
- simple math and spelling bees
- social awareness quizzes
5.)Only one kid will win each category. For every star won, the kid will be allowed, unsupervised, to go inside a stock room to get school supplies. Each star is only equivalent to two notebooks/two books/2 ballpens/2 pencils.
6.)Each box has to be decorated creatively. (ex. he/she can make it a toy car or an animal or anything their imagination can take them!)
7.) The winner of the contest will be given a GOOD CITIZEN KID medal (sorry I can't come up with a better name right now. hehe!)
8.) All of the kids will go to the beneficiary/school to meet the kids and present their boxes.
A NEW TWIST TO THE SAME OLD BORING FLAG CEREMONIES
Say goodbye to those boring flag ceremonies, where singing the national anthem and reciting the Panatang Makabayan are just all bland and blah.
Presently, there's an ongoing movement in Education and Corporate sectors that aims to strengthen Good Citizenship values. What do I mean by this?
Studies show that kids will benefit from loving her/his country right from the start. And that does not include memorizing Panatang Makabayan and being disciplined in the flag ceremony.
Teresita Baltazar (of Good Citizenship Movement in partnership with CHED) developed a curriculum to be introduced in both grade school and high school students. This is composed of: pagkamakadiyos, pagkamaka-tao, pagkamaka-bayan, and pagkamaka-kalikasan. Corporate foundations such as Metro Bank Foundation, Coca-Cola Foundation and Ayala Foundation are inviting other groups to incorporate Good Citizenship in their programs as well (For example, Metro Bank encourages its scholars to give back by teaching poor kids how to read and write).
I believe a kid who is taught to be a good citizen, who is socially aware, will become a productive and responsible member of our society. Just like what Gardner said, quoting Mahatma Gandhi, she/he will both have intelligence and character.
So, why not add a twist to the flag ceremony?
Weekly, during flag ceremony, a group of 5 (randomly chosen across batches in either Grade School or High School) will perform A SKIT.
Each group will be given a social problem. Through the skit, they will present the problem and how they can solve it.
These activities can be part of the grade of a new subject I will call SOCIAL AWARENESS.
Other activities SOCIAL AWARENESS class can do is to have a field trip to Payatas or any poor community they can immerse in. Parents and teachers can join too. The subject can also arrange games that will test the ethical and respectful values of a child.
For now, here are my thoughts. Hopefully I'd come up with something more concrete soon. Thanks for reading!
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