On Saturday, the 9th of August marked the launch of 'Food Ninjas!' where the Thumpers engaged with the kids of PPR Kota Damansara officially for the first time! For the past few weeks, we have been having facilitating trainings, brainstorming sessions and prep meets and now, it was quite pleasing to see it all come together finally. Activities of the day were surrounded by the theme, 'Around the World with Food'.
We saw familiar faces from our previous few engagements with the kids during the Soft Launch and during the Global Village, and also some new faces as well which pumped up our motivation even more. We started the day with an energizer ice-breaking game before splitting the kids into groups for the following activities. How the game went was that each kid will have to remember every person's name. The little twist which made it a tad bit tricky is that they had to add a type of food which starts with the same alphabet as their names, before their names. Although the kids took a little time to understand what game master Samanata and Charmaine, who was the translator for the day, was trying to say, when they got the hang of it, they went on a name-calling roll.
After warming up the session with the kids, the international interns took the floor and introduced their country and what they have for breakfast there. It was a great opportunity for the kids to get to know the different countries in the world as well as interact with new foreign friends! By using slides, each intern talked about their country and gave a little snippet on what they eat for breakfast.
We saw familiar faces from our previous few engagements with the kids during the Soft Launch and during the Global Village, and also some new faces as well which pumped up our motivation even more. We started the day with an energizer ice-breaking game before splitting the kids into groups for the following activities. How the game went was that each kid will have to remember every person's name. The little twist which made it a tad bit tricky is that they had to add a type of food which starts with the same alphabet as their names, before their names. Although the kids took a little time to understand what game master Samanata and Charmaine, who was the translator for the day, was trying to say, when they got the hang of it, they went on a name-calling roll.
After warming up the session with the kids, the international interns took the floor and introduced their country and what they have for breakfast there. It was a great opportunity for the kids to get to know the different countries in the world as well as interact with new foreign friends! By using slides, each intern talked about their country and gave a little snippet on what they eat for breakfast.
Will talked about hot cross buns from the UK, Samanata spoke about Aloo Paratha, a kind of potato-stuffed flatbread from Nepal, Amy talked about Youtiao which was pretty familiar to the kids as Cha-kueh as we like to call Chinese deep-fried bread in Malaysia, Shimy talked about Ayiesh which is also a kind of dry flatbread usually eaten in Egypt and Kharisma introduced Nasi Jagung which is well, self-explanatory - Rice with corn usually eaten with chicken and some vegetables on the side.
After getting to know the different breakfast the interns have in their respective countries, it was their turn to showcase what they have for breakfast! Each kid was given a postcard with a country outline on one side for them colour in and the other side, a space for them to draw what they eat for breakfast. Pictures of cereal, Nasi Lemak, fruits were some of the favourites among the kids.
After getting to know the different breakfast the interns have in their respective countries, it was their turn to showcase what they have for breakfast! Each kid was given a postcard with a country outline on one side for them colour in and the other side, a space for them to draw what they eat for breakfast. Pictures of cereal, Nasi Lemak, fruits were some of the favourites among the kids.
We moved on to the next activity which was introducing the MyPlate system where it emphasized on food portions using an aerial outlook of a plate. On the plate, it features four sections - Carbohydrates, Protein, Vegetables, Fruits and a cup at the side which signifies Dairy. The kids were given each a worksheet with the plate and another with a selection of foods which they had to colour them in, cut them out and paste them onto the plate according to food groups. It was a fun and interactive way to learn about food groups and portions.
The day ended with a fun game of Zip! Zap! Boing! which tested their concentration and quick-thinking skills. It was overall a successful first engagement for us and we really look forward to our next engagements.