We started off the day with healthy berry oat biscuits and a packet of milk, as a nice way to start off the day and also to provide them the energy to last them the whole session. It was Engagement 2 on a very sunny 10th August and the theme of the day was 'You Are What You Eat' with a clear message of the kinds of food to eat less of and the kinds of food to eat more of.
We had both Will and Shimy do a demonstration on what would happen if we were to consume healthy food and the same for if we consume junk food. The kids enjoyed the animated demonstrations of both of them, acting as the healthy superhero and the other as an unhealthy person.
We had both Will and Shimy do a demonstration on what would happen if we were to consume healthy food and the same for if we consume junk food. The kids enjoyed the animated demonstrations of both of them, acting as the healthy superhero and the other as an unhealthy person.
After that, we introduced Ninja Amy who hates junk food and would slash any junk food in sight. We had the kids bring food wrappers from food they've eaten and from there, they'd present the wrapper to Ninja Amy to be determined whether it was going to be in the healthy pile or the 'Eat Less' pile. By the end of it, there was two graphs of Eat More and Eat Less, created by using food wrappers, which helped us in mapping what kinds of food the kids usually eat.
After that, using the food wrappers as well, we all got our creative juices and cutting-and-pasting skills out and created an unhealthy monster on mahjong paper. First the kids had to collaboratively draw the outline of the monster using markers. And then, by using the cut food wrappers, fill the monster up and lastly give it a name. This was where we saw that a lot of the kids were really creative in terms of thinking outside the box and creating something new and out of the ordinary. Some groups came out with a three-headed monster, some came up with a sleeping monster because it eats a lot of junk and etc.
The session ended with the kids writing down what they enjoyed and what they learnt throughout the whole two days of engagement. We realized the kids absorb information better when information is conveyed through a fun creative activity which requires them to run around, laugh or work on something.