On Monday I experience an amazing phenomenon.
I saw children acting as adults, minds sharp enough to understand the meaning of what we did and ideas filled with feelings that were floating all over the place.
This Monday we have planned to do some specific activities with the children.They were some games, some competency based games actually that big companies and organizations used when they want to hire new employees in order to check their competencies and skills through these activities.
What we want to achieve through this activities was to create a happy and funny atmosphere for the children through these interactive games.We wanted to make them understand what is teamwork and how they can implement, because most of them has never been in a team with people that they don't know at all and try to achieve a common goal. We wanted to see how much effectiveness and efficiency they can perform through their communication and collaboration. We wanted to let them free to explore them self and their reactions while were playing.And we did it.
The children had to play 3 games, to build a tower with several objects,negotiate for the place that they want to celebrate their New Year's Eve and finally create a table football stadium.After its game we did a small debriefing in order to make them understand the purpose of the game and see what they get and gain through this activity.
It's amazing how many things they understand, how many wonderful words they use to describe what they had experience a few minutes ago and how easily a child can share his or her opinion after playing some games with friends.
I am very proud for these children!I am more than happy that I contribute to their development with my way and I am so positive exciting that this children had started to understand the big potential that they hide inside them.
"I will never stop believing that children can equally or better handle situations that adults just afraid to face in their life."
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