The first Webcam Activity in Tokyo since the last year and a half!
Today we held a Webcam Activity between Tokyo and Korea! It was the
first real-time activity to be held between Tokyo and another location
in the past year and a half, and at first everyone was a bit
apprehensive, but the tension and nervousness was soon broken by the
"Koetsuna" (Connecting Voices) activity. And during the matching game
and the "Otobiko" wordplay game, the children even made cross-country
teams with the Korean children, and everyone had a wonderful time
cooperating and playing the games together.
In the matching game, a color is used as a clue to guess what the
other side is drawing. With a shout of "shi---jak!" ('ready, go!' in
Korean) the Korean children enthusiastically showed their drawings.
Cheers of "all right!" went up when the pictures were correctly
matched, and when they weren't, everyone went, "aww, close!", and "too
bad it wasn't the other side drawing this time." Everyone enjoyed the
activity wholeheartedly whether or not matches were correct. When the
color purple was suggested, both countries thought "grapes," and the
majority of the teams made correct matches.
In "Otobiko," one side tries to memorize the order of music played by the other side with sound and gesture cues, then reenact the order correctly when it's their turn. Everyone used big voices and big actions in order to clearly communicate their messages to the other side. I admired the children for their sense of pitch and their sharp memories.
After the activity, the children were all smiles.
When all was said and done, the staff commented with praise that the activities were run not just keeping a country vs. country score, but by integrating children of both nationalities within teams, allowing them to relate with children from the partner nation. This was a change we made based on feedback from previous activities. It is also, of course, thanks to the volunteer staff's tremendous support that this was made possible. Thank you so much, everyone!
In our future events, we will strive to continue putting on activities that allow children to enjoy themselves and cultivate a healthy sense of communication.
In "Otobiko," one side tries to memorize the order of music played by the other side with sound and gesture cues, then reenact the order correctly when it's their turn. Everyone used big voices and big actions in order to clearly communicate their messages to the other side. I admired the children for their sense of pitch and their sharp memories.
After the activity, the children were all smiles.
When all was said and done, the staff commented with praise that the activities were run not just keeping a country vs. country score, but by integrating children of both nationalities within teams, allowing them to relate with children from the partner nation. This was a change we made based on feedback from previous activities. It is also, of course, thanks to the volunteer staff's tremendous support that this was made possible. Thank you so much, everyone!
In our future events, we will strive to continue putting on activities that allow children to enjoy themselves and cultivate a healthy sense of communication.
Posted by: kumakinoko | 1. Activity Report
