Hello, dearest Hivers!
This happened a few weeks ago , and I'm only posting it now because of the recent earthquake. So, instead of posting if after a few days of having aftershocks, I decided to publish our experiences here just like what I did in my previous blogs. This activity had 10 stations, and participants needed to complete the first set of stations from 1 to 5, to proceed to the next set , from 6 to 10. So this training is really useful for making them even more active in the actual competition.
That was the day that my sister and her colleague had their training for their competition in the district. There was even news about a typhoon around that time, so there was heavy rainfall and it almost didn't push through. The teacher even told me to accompany the two of them so they would have someone to go with and also to go home with since her colleague was just our neighbor and there were no other people at the school besides the five of us, which is me, my sister, her colleague, and the two teachers.
This activity, called "Step by Step" aims to find the perimeter using centimeters or inches. To do this, the male teacher measured the feet of the two students in centimeters and inches, since they'll use it to track the measurements that the teacher gave to them.
The teacher made a line with a length dependent on the number of centimeters or inches desired, and the students were to track its length. The two students had to measure it using one of their feet , since they already knew their foot length in centimeters. One student would use her foot as the unit of measurement , while the other student would draw a line to match the first student's foot length, step by step, to the end.
One student's foot was 20 centimeters long. This meant that each step was measured in 20 centimeters , and they had to be careful. They had to provide the exact measurement given by the teacher; even a single mistake in measurement could lead to an incorrect total length. It was quite interesting, and I even enjoyed watching them.
At first, the total of their measurements didn't exactly match the teacher's answer. Some totals were slightly over or under, but the discrepancies were small, so they proceeded to more challenging shapes. It was a challenging and brilliant idea. What was even more fun was that every time they did it, their total came closer to the exact answer. Until the last shape they measured was finally matched. This just means that they improved at measuring the given shapes over time.
Next was the "Tangram". It was divided into seven cuts of different shapes, and they had to assemble it based on the exact shape given by the teacher. This was to train their minds to be more functional and active, so they could more quickly and easily recognize and form the exact shape.
This one is the "Survival Challenge". It is a bit hard since they had to budget the given money based on the instructions. Also, they needed to consider the important items they would buy if the disaster were a typhoon, earthquake, or other calamity. Their minds had to be sharp in such events. As you can see, that's an example. The items, prices, etc., were not given; they were the ones who answered everything, which means, the table they had to fill out was still empty when they were in the competition, and they would explain it in front of everyone. This activity is to teach them how to survive in case of a disaster.
The other activities they answered were just on bond paper, like Sudoku, Bingo, Number Ninja, digit cards, presentation, etc. When their training was over, the teacher told me to also train them at home when we got back. And since I also have a passion for teaching, I got a bit excited to train the two of them.
That's it for now, dear Hivers! Stay tuned for my next blog for the continuation and the happenings regarding why it didn't push through and how it ended up. Thank you so much for reading, and may God bless us all!