Neutinamu Regional Child Center Builds a Stepping Stone for Mokpo Education Welfare Community

"Encouragement and Support Are Needed for Children's Proper Growth"

Friends from Neutinamu and Sarangnanum Community Child Centers are learning Samulnori. ? Asia Economy

[Mokpo＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Kidong] The Neutinamu Regional Children's Center announced on the 3rd that about 60 children and adolescents from Mokpo Neutinamu, Saeumttang, and Sarangnanum Regional Children's Centers are conducting a program called "Imagination Book Playground" under the Samsung Dream Scholarship Foundation's Learning Center Education Support Project titled "The Art School We Create."

In particular, the Samulnori (traditional Korean percussion) activities at Sarangnanum and Saeumttang Regional Children's Centers are being conducted separately by friends from Neutinamu and Sarangnanum Regional Children's Centers.

The "Imagination Book Playground" program awakens children's potential by starting with picture storybooks in the book playground, creating scripts, and performing plays based on those scripts. It provides opportunities for children to freely express their talents and abilities. They write theater scripts for performances, think about the roles they will take, and discover their strengths.

The Samulnori "Dudream" allows children to experience and play traditional Korean musical instruments, fostering emotional development and understanding the importance of cooperation in group life. It also helps form an identity related to our culture and music, while preparing for a performance scheduled for the second half of the year.

To flexibly respond to the COVID-19 situation, the three centers jointly operate a non-face-to-face "Video Playground" via ZOOM, where despite the physical distance, participants share a video space. They are conducting basic video production processes, media literacy education, and video content education, discovering content cases and producing videos using local resources and backgrounds.

More than 60 children and adolescents from local children's centers are participating in the "Imagination Book Playground" under the title "The Art School We Create." ⓒ Asia Economy

The teacher book club, conducted as part of the "Learning Center Teacher Capacity Building" program, is open not only to staff of participating regional children's centers but also to staff of other children's centers in Mokpo. By collaborating with local institution workers who wish to participate, it plays a significant role in strengthening regional networks and the capabilities of local institution staff.

Kim Eunhee, director of Neutinamu Regional Children's Center, which serves as the representative institution of the Mokpo Education Welfare Community, emphasized, "Above all, the dreams children have are the hope of our society," adding, "Encouragement and support from the local community are more necessary than ever for the proper growth of children."

She continued, "COVID-19 still lingers around us, and in this challenging reality we must coexist with it, but children's growth must not stop," and added, "Teachers in the field must continuously research and collaborate to provide diverse experiences that help children's healthy growth."

"Building a stepping stone for the Mokpo Education Welfare Community" is operated in connection with Sarangnanum Regional Children's Center and Saeumttang Regional Children's Center, centered on the representative institution Neutinamu Regional Children's Center. Inquiries regarding related matters can be made to all three centers.

Mokpo＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Kidong kidpak75@asiae.co.kr

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