If you have been following our homeschool journey, you will notice that we always see to it that learning is never boring. We love to travel, visit museums, perform science experiments, and do arts to make our lessons more engaging.
With the pandemic however, our activities are now limited. Parents now are taking leaps in adapting new ways to make sure learning continues even at home.
The Bonifacio Art Foundation Inc (BAFI) launches the first Science and Art Educational TV Program to contribute to the learning experience of Filipino students and families around the country.
We were able to see the Mind S-cool Episode 1 and we love it! The episodes will be using English and Tagalog languages. The show is interactive and conversational. You will learn not just about science or arts, you will also be exposed to using the Filipino language.
This show reminds us of Batibot, Sineskwela or Sesame Street! The show is good for kids of all ages. This is a good supplement for lessons, whether you are homeschooling or doing distance or blended learning.
MIND S- COOL TV airs on CNN Philippines
Free TV ch. 9, Cignal ch. 10, Sky Cable ch. 14
SATURDAYS at 8:30 am
Replays at Saturdays 4:30 pm | Sundays 8:30 am and 4:30 pm
Catch the Livestream on www.cnnphilippines.com/videos
The first episode is happening on August 22, 2020, 8:30 am.
“We are all waiting for the crisis to be over but the science and art champion Bonifacio Art Foundation, Inc. (BAFI), a non-stock, non-profit organization that brought you The Mind Museum and the BGC Arts Center, both located in Taguig City, aimed as early as April to be part of the solution by designing the wait that could help with education which should continue despite the health crisis. This creative learning wait we came up with is called “MIND S-COOL”, says Maria Isabel Garcia, Managing Director and Curator of the BAFI.
Garcia emphasizes that MIND S-COOL (MSC) is the umbrella concept for BAFI’s contribution to not only adapt to the new normal but to seize the opportunity to fill the gaps in the basic education courses across age-groups towards a direction that will help create a citizenry who will act to restore us to an even better normal.
Moving beyond the usual classroom set up, MIND S-COOL conveys the strong relation of the two greatest human traditions, science and art. Set in the huge and exciting galleries of The Mind Museum as the new “dream school”, MIND S-COOL aims to 1.) Empower the learner-viewer to discover his/her own mind in learning in connected ways across topics, essentially bridging the sciences and the arts for its viewers; and to 2.) Connect science and art to other things happening in the real world and how learners could help make the world better, in the new normal, knowing those connections.
Each episode is an exciting adventure for the main “questers”, guided by awesome mentors to solve different challenges, acquire rewards, and develop a sense of connectedness across the different topics and continuity of the learning journey across the whole series.
To widen the range of access to students all over the Philippines, the show will be available on MIND S-COOL TV on free-to-air CNN-Philippines, with simultaneous streaming on www.cnnphilippines.com/videos, and MIND S-COOL Online. Each platform is set on different formats covering different scopes that are strongly tied to the K-12 curriculum set by the Department of Education but with the most updated knowledge.
