Thursday, April 2, 2009
Elements for the playground
- Maze including blinfolds. ( one to lead the other out, trusting)
- Flying Fox with Punching Bag by the side, flying towards the Tree wallpaper ( Vent Anger)
- Trampoline with basketball board connected to it.
- Basketball is connected with a string, the ball would be shot in. ( Boost their confidence) - Slide with balls at the bottom, surrounding it, with a notice mentioning " You would not get hurt so easily"
- Hamster wheel
- Rocking "chair"
Our playground would actually focus on this few points of emotional trauma.
- No confidencein themselves
- Cannot control their emotions
- Unable to trust others
The main element, relevant to the novel
The main feature (element) of the playground is the flying fox. It depicts the children swinging to "Terabithia" , towards the trees., which is pictured by the tree wallpaper. There is a punching bag there to help them vent their anger, lightening up their mood. Just like how Leslie's and Jesse's mood are lightened up when they visit Terabithia.
Materials needed and who to bring what
- Paint for the shetler - Si Jing, Wei Teng
- String for the flying fox - Everyone ( Compare which is more suitable)
- Sponge for the seat for the flying fox -Si Jing
- Hamster Wheel - Si Jing
- Small little balls for the slide - Si Jing
- Balloons for the punching bag - Timothy
- Toothpick - Wei Teng
- Cardboard - Jordan, Benson
- Toilet Roll - Wei Teng
Facts about children who have emotional trauma & how to help them
- They have no confidence in themselves - Write encouraging words
- Normally Sad - Try to add some cheerful images to cheer them up, telling them its all okay
- Cannot control their feelings - Counsel them
- Scared to express their feelings - Talk to them nicely, telling them that we will help them
- Unable to trust others - Try to lead them while blindfolding them, telling them that they can trust us
- Confusion - Understand them, then clarify to them
- Shocked - Comfort them
- Mood swings - Let them say all their bad happenings all at one go, listening to them attentively, but not adding too much comments.
Facts about them are copied from :www.helpguide.org/mental/emotional_psychological_trauma.htm
Current state of playground, how to improve and inspiration from novel
- The first point is that they do not have anything to improve on their feelings. Its just for general children. The playground can actually have some friendly images to cheer them up. This is inspired by Leslie's and Jesse's imagination of Terabithia, their happy place. We shall add fun elements to cheer them up.
- There are only dull or little colours. It can be improved if they have livelier colours. This can cheer them up. This is inspired when Jesse added colourful paints into the river. Therefore, we'll add many colours to our playground.
- The elements do not make them feel that they are good enough . We can set up elements that boost their confidence. This is inspired by Jesse and Leslie imagined defeating the Dark Master. We shall let them know that everything that can be defeated.
- Some of them have dangerous elements, not caring whether they get hurt (again). This can be helped most basically by having soft grounds, this is inspired by the grassy grounds of Terabithia.
- All are plain and normal items, nothing for them to vent their feelings on. We can let them vent their feelings on certain elements, just like the Dark Masters in the novel.
Dear Miss Jumiah, Pls coment on our assignment here for the moment. Thanks :)
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