Developing Talents Through Creative Play
Hands on are delighted at being awarded this fantastic opportunity to make a difference and show the value of an intervention at the Early Childhood Development stage.
Project Brief :
- Supply 5 schools with LEGO Education kits for learners to be able to build and construct their own understanding of basic concepts and provide them with the problem solving skills necessary for them to survive in the ever evolving technological world.
- Provide all the teachers with initial training on all the kits and all the content that goes with the kits, classroom management and integration with all other subjects.
- Provide teachers ( Grade R to Grade 3 ) with appropriate content to cover the whole Design & Technology curriculum – including posters and extra resource material.
- Provide teachers ( Grade 4 to Grade 7 ) with teacher guides and concept guides to cover the content in the learners workbooks.
- Provide learners ( Grade 4 to Grade 7 ) with workbooks to guide them through the concepts, assist them with recording their findings, demonstrate use of the new concepts in real life models, pose new problems for them to solve, rubrics to evaluate their solutions and many other extension exercises and activities.
- Continue with ongoing training for the teachers – classroom visits – to work with the teachers and the learners.
- Training some of the teachers to be come trainers for other schools – and subventing the teachers who progress and work within the project.
The project involves adding 5 new schools every year for the next 5 years. Research will also be conducted, so that we can understand the impact an intervention like this does and can have.