APD_Week04_2022_Play+Place

Context

In response to the theme Play+Place, I have created a parent-child interactive game to help children recognise different colours. As I have been communicating with my family remotely, especially my niece who I have not met yet, I have been buying all sorts of children's story books for her. I found a lot of books in bookshops about recognising colours with all sorts of different coloured critters in them. Maybe I can make the little ones better aware of these different colours.

Method

Firstly, because my sister's little one is away in Australia so I print a colour card via video exchange.

Then on the discarded cardboard, draw the insects and cut them out to look like cut-outs. And with supporting language alongside.

Take it to the park and let your baby discover the corresponding colours in nature.

Through nature they can better recognise the different colours and not just the ones in books. It also exposes children to flowers and plants. It also adds to the fun. Discovery and awareness are two different kinds of fun.

In Elvis Dulais' book [Mix It Up] the colours are uniquely designed in the shape of handprints and palms so that children can read and play at the same time, making the whole reading process more interactive.

Reflection

Through this week's practice, I clearly felt the difference between recognising and discovering the two. The sense of interaction is much stronger with discovery and also the memory will be more profound. In children's storybooks, the world can be understood from all different aspects because of the different audiences. Everything is new to them, so it is important to avoid being boring and at the same time to ensure that the content is correct and that there is more exposure to the real world.