FAMILY
OBJECTIVE
Learning family-related values
The purpose of these activities is to provide guidelines for the parents to scaffold children's learning of family-related values with educational apps. The learning activities are divided into 4 sessions according to Cope and Kalantzis' (2015) Learning by Design framework.
MATERIALS
Resources
Tablet/IPad/Smartphone
Internet
Astley Baker Davies’ Peppa Pig series. Suggested episodes include: The story of prince George, Happy Birthday Peppa, Peppa goes skiing, and others that feature Daddy Pig, Mummy Pig, Grandpa Pig, Granny Pig together with the two main characters Peppa and George.
And so on.
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SESSION 1 - EXPERIENCING/SITUATED PRACTICE
Duration - 30 mins (Variable)
When using educational apps such as Astley Baker Davies’ Peppa Pig series to teach children the family-related values, parents can use the following prompters to relate children with the characters and activity in the story:
Who is your favourite character in the story?
Which is an activity from the story that you like best?
SESSION 2 - CONCEPTUALISING/OVERT INSTRUCTION
Duration - 30 mins (Variable)
During the second reading, as the child internalises the values transmitted via the narrative in the educational app, parents can guide the child to relate values to daily lives using the following prompters:
What are the roles of different members in our family?
How are the characters in the story similar or different to our family?
SESSION 3 - ANALYSING/CRITICAL FRAMING
Duration - 30 mins (Variable)
During the third reading, parents can perform a deep analysis of the narrative in the educational app with children to develop children's critical thinking.
Parents can consider guiding children with the following prompters to explore cause and effect relationships in the story:
Why do you think the characters behave in these ways?
Can you suggest other ways that they can behave?
SESSION 4 - APPLYING/TRANSFORMED PRACTICE
Duration - 30 mins (Variable)
To enable children to apply the values they have internalised, parents can consider guiding children to reflect on how values can be practised using the following prompters:
How can we show care for our family members?
How can we help each other to fulfil their roles?
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Contributor: NTTH