Project Paint aLive!

Project Paint aLive

Members:
Jiang Wensen
Wang Kaiyuan
Wong Qi Han
Yang Yuxin
Zhu Dao Yuan
You Siang Lin

Special Thanks to:
Teacher Mentor
Mr Robert Tan, Wengsoon Private Limited
Mr Anderson Tan, En Community Services
Teacher John, SCAS
Teacher Loo Yean Kwan, SCAS
Zunaidah bte Shahul Hamid, Principal, SCAS
SCAS

Saturday, July 7, 2007

Due to my commitments in the SYF, I had not been able to go to the SCAS centre with the rest for the first few times so my initial impressions of the children were limited to the entries online by my teammates and what they convey to me directly. I had believed that the children will be unable to move, need forceful restraining from teachers, and unable to communicate with us.
Daoyuan told me that the actual situation is much better than what I had thought, but I still approached the centre with some doubts in my first visit in April.

"Hello!" Daoyuan said cheerfully to the class. "Good afternoon, GeGe (哥哥, or big brother)!" the response came with a few waves and smiles at us.
How wrong I was! These children are almost as normal as the rest of us!

After a few lessons with the children, I realised that not all the children are of the same standard. Some can draw very well on their own (I would have thought that she is a normal child if not for her wheelchair), while others need more help to control their hands so that they produce the image in their mind. It is a great test on patience since the children can not draw quickly. I will have to slow down my pace to suit theirs so that the teaching can be more effective.

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