Around 90 children (between 4-5 years old) from TKAI (Taman Kreativitas Anak Indonesia), along with their teachers & parents, visited our school today.
This field trip is meant to introduce them to different musical instruments, and to provide them with some sort of a performing experience. To begin with, we located different teachers in different rooms. The children would then visit each room, where the teacher in charge would play the musical instruments and provide interesting facts about them. The children got the chance to touch & feel the instruments too. To make it concise, we had teachers who can play more than one musical instrument. Ivonne demonstrated the saxophone and the drum; I played the violin & the flute; Stevie played the djembe & the guitar; Novita demonstrated the mechanism of a grand piano; and so on & so forth.
In each room, they were also taught some lines from a famous Camp Rock song. At the end of the programme, all the children gathered at our concert hall, where children performed on stage, singing their Camp Rock song. Of course to make it feel real, we had prepared the minus-one, the full sound system, and the full lighting all set-up especially for them.
All of the children, teachers, and parents had so much fun today. And so did we. The TKAI teachers were among the most passionate & sweetest kindergarten teachers we had ever met. The children were quick & eager learners too. I hope the learning experience we provided today will encourage them to explore their musical talents further!
