Social Engagement Day 1 - It's a wrap !

Day 1 :  UM  BBA Group 10 members had a well spent day with the children at IQ70+ center. 

On this sunny day 8:30 morning,  all of us get ready and departed from our comfort zone be it from our residential college and also from our house. We reached the Malaysia Association for The Welfare of Mentally Challenged Center on 9 am by personal car or public transportation. All of the beautiful children was in the atmosphere of excitement the moment they see us entering the gate to the place where they are playing everyday. We sit in a circle with children and introduced ourselves.

                                                           

Playing musical chairs

    This is the how our engagement with the children started off. First of all, we played the songs through bluetooth connection to the amplifier. All of us run slowly to the music in a circle, we laughed, we smiled, we enjoyed , we cared of them during musical chairs. We guided them to ran in the correct direction and asked them their name along the game. They were so courageous and determined to get a seat when the music stops even thought their physical ability is a bit limited. This little action of them does really expose a great inspiration to us. 

 Playing musical bottle

We passed the bottle around when the music is playing, from here we guided the children to pass the bottle to the person sit next to them and as some of them are mentally challenged. There were catching up with the game after a few round. We really saw there is a breakthrough within their intelligence.

Tom and Jerry balloons chasing

From this game, we are well-engaged with them as we blew the colourful balloons with the children for this game. During the game, we taught the children to pass the 'Tom ' balloon to the person next to them while passing the ' Jerry ' balloon with one spin around our waist to the next person sitting next to them. When the Tom and Jerry balloons meet a person at once, he or she will be executed to dance in front of us. We were shocked and surprised when the children showcase their talent in dancing and singing. We sing and dance with them so they feel less shy and loved.

    

 Building block using colour pencils.

We came out with this creative ideas that is build a block when we saw there is a pile of colour pencils on the table. Each of us guided a children to build a stable and neat building block. They were so happy when they are able to come out with a tall and stable block. We realized that they can make a tall block succesfully if they were given enough patience and courage.

Colouring session with the children after lunch time. 

The children have a lot of colouring books accompany them everyday, they were so excited to show us their colouring and keep asking us what colour to use for this cartoon or how to colour without exceeding the line. Shortly, it is everything about - colouring.

We taught them how to mix the colours and some colouring techniques to produce a nice output. They were so happy as they quickly learn how to colour the page nicely.

Here is our members frying the vegetable fritters for hi-tea. 

Some of them chopped the carrots, onions, chives and chillis. The rest helped with making the dough and mixing the chopped ingredients and fried it. The children and the person in charge of the center praised the vegetable fritters were very delicious. They enjoyed the food very much, so we planned to make something more special on the next day.

 DIY coloured salt bottle gift

During the handicraft making session, we taught them to make a beautiful DIY gift which is colourful sands in bottle. We taught them to use the coloured chalks to stir salts in the cup so turn into many kind of colours. We then helped them to hold the small glass bottle while pouring the coloured salts into the bottle. The children were very happy holding their DIY artwork.

Cleaning session

All of us help the center doing household chores during the cleaning session and also before leaving.

We swept and mopped the floor, watering plant, clear clutter and mop the table, pick up rubbish under the table and arrange the chairs back to its original place.

It was a great day and Day 1 is a wrap ! All the best on tomorrow 😊