You will be surprised at what our little ones are absorbing nowadays from the media. But we can also use the media to our benefits to enhance children's learning too.
On Universal Children's Day which fall on 20th November, I like to take the chance to explore different countries' habits, traditions and food with my students. Sometimes I let the students choose the country they like to know and using multi-media to educate them with more knowledge. (This is also one of the methods used in Project Approach Theory)
Demonstration of sushi making.
Concrete materials (clothings, flags,etc) are used to enhance learning, especially for visual learners. Listening to the videos online help those audio learners. Hand-on experience with the food preparation will engage the active learners who are more kinesthetic by nature.
One of my students' favourite videos is 'Black or White' by Micheal Jackson after our discussion on different races, cultures and religion. This video never fail to make them laugh. Although I will strongly discourage them from making too much noise at home as Dad will get really angry with them. :P
