All kids in the class go through a show-and-tell turn. At this age (3-4 year olds), it means the "Red Fruit" child will draw a strawberry, a cherry and raspberry on an A4 sized paper stands in front of the class, and explains to her friends how much she likes strawberries.
However, in corona times, childcare learning is done remotely. The teachers decided that two pupils can live-cast their show-and-tell during the twice weekly "zoom" lesson sessions.
And that meant that most parents are present during showtime.
To our shock and horror, we watched some parents roll through complete power point slideshows, while their four year old rattled off a carefully scripted monologue about antioxidants and the nutritional value of purple veggies.
Additionally, we noticed how Aiden utterly locked up in shyness when his microphone was unmuted and he received the opportunity to say "hi" to all his virtualized classmates. Fair enough really, twenty windows with glaring kiddo faces staring at you can be a bit daunting. Not everyone is extrovert like Elsa.
So, when it was our turn, we decided to prepare a video a few days earlier and combine Aiden's show-and-tell with another home learning exercise: the float-or-sink science experimentation.
Here is the result (edited by Katelyn):
We screened the video when it was Aiden's turn and it was a marvelous success. All the other kids were glued to their screens.
Aiden did a short live Q&A session after the video was shared with the group. A teacher asked him whether he had expected the heavy melon to float, and the light grape to sink. And... Aiden responded, eh, not! He looked ultra cute, staring carefully at his own feet. And that is perfectly okay Aiden, you can still become a great software engineer.
