The theme “My homeland’s sea and islands” creates opportunities for children to increase their understanding of our country’s sea and islands, thereby arousing their love for the sea and islands of the Fatherland. The program has fun and discovery activities such as: flag-planting contest to locate Vietnam’s islands on a silent map, learning information about Vietnam’s sea and islands, drawing to express their dreams about their homeland’s sea and islands; besides, there are also folk games using marine products, such as: throwing shells, shaking shells, and eating mandarin squares using snails, clams, etc.
With the theme "Folk songs with children", children enjoyed some folk songs of Bac Ninh and Hoa Binh regions, and participated in some experiential and interactive activities such as: learning to sing folk songs, singing lullabies, and interacting with performers from the localities.
In addition, the children were instructed by craftsmen from Thanh Oai (Hanoi) on how to make bamboo toys: sword puppets, swing puppets, fish, pinwheels and bamboo tube phones. In particular, the "child models" performed costumes from Vietnam and some countries such as Korea, Japan, etc. This was an opportunity for the children to practice teamwork skills and gain confidence in front of a crowd.
Organizing the program on the occasion of International Children's Day this year, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology hopes to create a useful playground for children in early summer. The experiential activities at the Museum help children feel and love cultural heritage, love their homeland, country and Vietnam's sea and islands.
