CREATING ACTIVITY JOURNAL

Author: Deta R. Kristanti

The first Day Child Learning KAIL (HBA, Hari Belajar Anak) in 2016 was held on Sunday, January the 31st. This event was attended by nine children who live around KAIL House. Children were invited to create Journal of Encouragement HBA KAIL. The goal was that children have a track record of their own respective HBA activities. The event this time was guided by Kak Deta, Kak Debby and Kak Widya.

At exactly 10 am, Kak Debby was to take the children gathering in the front yard of KAIL House. The event was opened with the play "Magic Thumb". Children were asked to affix their thumb on the objects mentioned by Kak Debby. It was very exciting. The children run around trying to find the object in question.

When finished playing, the children gathered in a circle and talked together with Kak Deta and Kak Debby, about activities of HBA they followed in 2015. Some of them still remembered the activities clearly, like mushrooms study, making stamp leaves, making binoculars as well as making grasshoppers from palm leaves. They also remembered hearing a tale of Jack and Beanstalk and that the beans were very high.

That day the children also listened to a fairy tale. A tale entitled as "Why Animals Do Have Tails?" was told by Kak Deta. After listening to it, then the children were asked to create a journal. The facilitators have prepared a number of papers, cardboard, markers, scissors and glue paper to make journals materials.

At first, the children were welcome to choose the color paper they wanted to be on the cover of their journal. Color paper was then placed on a cardboard so that the cover of the journal becomes harder and stronger. Children were also welcome to take sheets of plain paper, paper with the words "Journal of Encouragement", "KAIL Children's Day Learning" and the logo of KAIL. Children then collected the plain paper to be the contents of the journal pages. It turned out that there was a trouble of arranging. However, they were yielding and willing to learn. Some of the children also did not dare to be creative outside of example, but most tried to make the cover of the journal to be interesting and different from the others. About forty minutes later, the books of Journal of Encouragement HBA KAIL were ready for use.

Supposedly the event was closed with the activities of watching movies together. However, due to technical constraints, it was postponed. Hopefully the kids stay happy and excited to join HBA again in February!

Translated by: Bernadetta Tarigan