Life is more fun when you play games

Children love to play games. Games provide fun, encouragement, joy, and learning opportunities.

There are several project managers that are responsible for managing the projects. They also serve as a bridge between special education teachers and the nannies. They formulate daily play activities and one-on-one rehabilitation exercises for the children. They always try their best to help the nannies and children.

The children’s daily activities are divided by hours, and the managers will organize the activities suitable to each child’s specific need. They train the nannies on the elements of the activities, the information to be conveyed and what motion the child is suppose to be working on with the activity.

Skill develops as the children practice the activities. During the activity, the nanny will observe whether the child is meeting the expectations of the activity’s design. If the child’s response is not what is desired, there must be timely feedback to the manager so they can adjust the activity accordingly.

Although the children are still living in isolation, their daily schedules have continued. The activities need to be updated regularly to keep the children motivated to learn and improve. Isolation has brought many challenges for the nannies and managers. Managers cannot go to the projects to train the nannies, nor can they observe the children's activity to get feedback.

How do we solve this problem?

"Since we can't go in person, then we do video teaching."

A video is recorded of what the activity should be. Then the nannies work together to develop new games that compliment that activity.

After discussion, the nannies start to prepare activities and props. This keeps them very busy coming up with new ideas. The content of the following activity is a music game.

Children can play with several different musical instruments during the activity, listen to the sounds they make and try to distinguish their differences and understand how they are played.

Video recording of music games

Game tips

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-- Words needed --

Verb

Blow, bounce, drum, turn

Noun

Rhythm, song, musical instrument, finger, wood

Adjective

Loud, quiet, beautiful, relaxed, lively Fast, slow, high, low

Sign Language

Listen, like, music, happy

-- Fine Motor --

Blow, bounce, drum

-- Aims --

Understand musical instruments:

understand the sounds musical instruments make

and understand how they are played.

In the process of enjoying the game learn language expression and practice fine motor skills.

After a few days of work, new content was recorded, and the videos showed what was successful and what still needed to be worked on.

There has been no on-site tutoring, so the video was a pleasant surprise to the children. Lydia, who they had not seen for a long time, finally appeared on the screen.

The game she introduced brought a brand new experience, which helped stimulate the children's sight, touch, and hearing. The children loved experiencing the musical instruments.