Surprised with homemade teaching aids of preschool teachers

Homemade teaching aids by preschool teachers displayed at the STEAM Education Festival (organized by the Department of Education and Training of Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City) surprised many people.

Ms. Dao Thi Truc Linh (right cover), teacher at Son Ca 10 Kindergarten, Phu Nhuan District, instructs students to play a solar-powered train at the STEAM Education Festival - Photo: HH

On February 15, the Department of Education and Training of Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City organized the STEAM Education Festival - Unleashing Creativity with the participation of nearly 1,000 students, teachers, and parents from preschool to secondary school in the area.

At the festival, the area displaying and introducing homemade teaching aids by preschool teachers from schools in Phu Nhuan district made a strong impression.

From just a large piece of cardboard, plus toilet paper rolls, teachers at Son Ca 14 Kindergarten have created tools for students to play the "quick hands, quick eyes" game.

"Nursery and kindergarten students can play this game and play it many times for different purposes. For example, with kindergarten students, we ask them to choose balls of specific colors to drop down the paper cores so that they can pass through. This game is to educate students to distinguish colors.

For kindergarten students, teachers make balloons with letters written on them and then ask students to choose a certain letter to put into paper cores," said Ms. Nguyen Ha Kim Khanh, a teacher at Son Ca 14 Kindergarten.

Ms. Nguyen Ha Kim Khanh, teacher at Son Ca 14 Kindergarten (right) and Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoang Trang, vice principal of the school (left) introduce teaching aids made from recycled materials - Photo: HH

The booth of Son Ca 14 Kindergarten displays many types of teaching aids using recycled materials, simple, easy to make, can be played with many times by students to help them develop language, math, dexterity...

Meanwhile, a group of teachers from Son Ca 3 Kindergarten made an entire construction site model out of cardboard, straws, plastic pipes, etc.

Ms. Nguyen Hoang Kim Ngan, a teacher at Son Ca 3 Kindergarten, introduced: "This teaching aid will help children recognize some types of machines and how hydraulic engines work. Children will learn about the number of floors of buildings, learn about orientation in dimensions, and the location of objects in space...".

Ms. Nguyen Hoang Kim Ngan, teacher at Son Ca 3 Kindergarten, guides students in playing with construction models - Photo: HH

More specifically, the group of teachers from Son Ca 10 Kindergarten made many people admire when they made a model of an elevated train, with a road traffic model below: "We were able to complete this solar-powered high-speed train model thanks to the help of parents.

From the teacher's original idea, some parents in the school helped us make solar panels to attach to this mini ship so that it could run on the model.

Teachers let children observe the train running under the light and the train will stop when the solar panel is covered, which will help children understand solar energy and its applications... Teachers can also use the road model below to teach children about traffic laws" - Ms. Dao Thi Truc Linh, teacher at Son Ca 10 Kindergarten, shared.

Commenting on the homemade teaching aids of preschool teachers in Phu Nhuan district, many audience members exclaimed "unexpectedly creative".

Many activities for students to experience in the direction of STEAM education

Two students from Pham Ngoc Thach Primary School, Phu Nhuan District, were happy when they successfully made slime toys at the STEAM Education Festival organized by the Phu Nhuan District Department of Education and Training - Photo: HH

The STEAM education festival in Phu Nhuan district also brings exciting playgrounds for primary and secondary school students through activities such as: experiencing games designed according to STEAM education activities; designing, manufacturing, and programming an automatic robot to collect energy blocks with different features and colors...

According to Ms. Le Thi Binh, Head of the Department of Education and Training of Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City, this year's STEAM Education Festival - Unleashing Creativity has chosen the theme "Renewable Energy".

The festival aims to exploit and effectively apply an educational model based on an interdisciplinary approach, helping students apply knowledge of science, technology, engineering, mathematics with knowledge of social sciences to solve practical problems, especially in the use and development of renewable energy sources.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bat-ngo-voi-do-dung-day-hoc-tu-lam-cua-giao-vien-mam-non-2025021517301398.htm