Gad-rID

Project Gad-rID

About us

• Research has shown that gadget usage by the young has adverse effects on their growth and development

• Our project aims to bring about awareness about such behavior, and present alternatives for parents to keep their children entertained

About: Objectives

1. Raise awareness on the impacts of excessiveuse of gadgets in children through employingvarious appeals

1. Introduce convenient-to-play toys as analternative for parents to keep their childrenentertained

Our Approach

Carnival

Carnival

• Organized aiming to trendify the moderate usage of gadgets, and promoting alternatives

• Two-pronged approach – Raising awareness of negative impacts of excess

use of gadgets, hence the importance of moderating it

– Igniting the children’s interest in physical toys

• Held Monthly

• At Community Centres

Carnival

• Goodie Bags to be distributed to participants

• Contents of the goodie bag:

– Vouchers for Family Friendly Places

– Sample Toys Kit (elaborated in the upcoming slides)

• Gad-rID Mascot

– Kids friendly

– Families may take photos with the mascot

Mascot

Floor Plan

2) Mascot

3a) Posters

3) Booths

1) Goodie Bag Collection Area

3a) Talk Show Area

Parents: Poster

• Put around the carnival for parents to observe

• Appeals to:

– Parental Love

– Guilt

– Fear

Appeal to Fear and Guilt

• Scanning the ZIP code leads to the next poster

Appeal to Guilt and Fear

Appeal to Parental Love

Parents: Talk Show

• One hour per session

• New topic discussed monthly

• 3 Sections

– What’s Your Story

– i-Spy

– Ask me a question!

What’s Your Story

• Parenting/ Pediatrics experts share insightful information with Parents

• Celebrity Parents invited to share their views and opinions

• Parenting topic for discussion released 1 week before on the Official Facebook page

i-Spy

• Production group will go around the carnival to get participants to do a series of tests of their cognitive and motor skills

• Process will be filmed down and screened during the talkshow

• Entertainment

Ask Me a Question!

• Question and Answer session for all

• Questions may be posed to the experts or celebrities parents

• Serve as a platform for clarifications

Game Booths: Kampong iD

• Collaboration with National Heritage Board

• Aim to provide the children an opportunity to try traditional games and hence an alternative to gadgets

• Traditional Games

– Chapteh

– Hopscotch

– 5 stones

Game Booths: Natural Easy Craft!

• Making of simple handicraft and handmade toys

– E.g. Green Bean Shaker

• Guided by volunteers

• Aim to provide the children an opportunity to pick up handicraft as a hobby

Game Booths. R-abit

• Collaboration with National Library Board

• Story-telling sessions at regular intervals

• Aim to provide the children an opportunity to try pick up reading as a habit

Toys Kit

• Convenient kit that has many portable toys

• Toys target cognitive development

• Provide an alternate source of entertainment to electronic devices

• Toys may be rented on a monthly basis, so that the children are able to change the toys inexpensively every few months

Toys Kit: Rental

• Mobile rental of toys are made available through Rental Vans

• Vans with the toys would go to different estates and childcare centres for parents to rent and return their toys

Rental

• The toys would be arranged according to VARK (further explained)

Aural Aural

Reading

Reading Kinesthetic

Design

• Portable Sling Bag approach

Type of Toys: VARK and Steiner’s Theory

• Visual, Aural, Reading, Kinesthetic

• Toys will appeal to the 4 abovementioned aspects of the child, and hence help in their development

• Additionally, toys would help according to Steiner’s Theory of Development

Cognitive Development

• Learning through Physical Actions (Kinesthetic)

• Art & Craft supplies

• Assembly Toys

• Clay

• Jigsaw Puzzles

• Board games (e.g. Snakes and Ladders)

• Simple Musical Instruments (e.g. Triangle)

Language Development

• Learning through Reading and Interpretation

• Picture Vocabulary Cards

• Picture Books and Poems

Motor Development

• Learning through Hand-eye Coordination

• Rubiks’ Cube

• Threading Beads

• Building blocks

• Lego